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    Problem transitioning to new SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by rawrjar, Apr 15, 2010.

  1. rawrjar

    rawrjar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello!

    I'm the happy new owner of a ASUS U30JC-A1. As I mentioned in this thread, I want to replace the original HD with an SSD, and put the original HD in a optical-slot caddy (replacing the DVD drive).

    I now have all the parts I need, but a conundrum: ASUS didn't ship a Recovery DVD anymore, and the ASUS recovery feature it offers says it will burn 4 DVDs. I'm assuming that will include all the trialware crap that I'd love to lose when I re-install.

    Is there a way to just get a clean Windows 7 install out of this thing?
     
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    woofer00 Wanderer

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    You probably just need to get ahold of a Windows 7 OEM install disc. I'd go the USB-image route if you can, it's more convenient.
     
    woofer00, Apr 15, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Might wanna check out this thread to get a Windows image. Unfortunately, there is no way to do a "clean" install from recovery discs. That said, I would recommend creating and keeping the recovery discs anyway in case you ever decide to sell the machine and want to keep the SSD instead of selling it with the computer.
     
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    rawrjar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know if it will be hard to get the nVidia Optimus tech working on a clean install? Heck, how do I even know it's working now? lol
     
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    rawrjar Notebook Enthusiast

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    An ASUS recovery successfully happened, but now it won't boot! The BIOS lists the Intel SSD as the #1 boot device - what went wrong?

    Edit: Nobody panic! Even though I'm panicking already! It looks like the four freaking DVDs only restore a D partition and depend on a C partition existing. If I spam F9 on boot, it will launch the windows recovery, but then fails with message "Can not open file C:\RECOVERY.DAT"

    I'm going to try the above option of downloading a fresh Windows and then using the driver CD to reload drivers.

    Edit 2: Got the Windows DVD burned, but now the Windows 7 install disc doesn't see the SSD. Sigh...

    Edit 3: Ubuntu to the rescue! Booted Ubuntu live disc, which saw the partition, formatted the whole thing to NTFS. Rebooted to Windows 7 setup, and it was properly detected.
     
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