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    G1S Recovery Help

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by GodsDragon, Sep 4, 2007.

  1. GodsDragon

    GodsDragon Newbie

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    I want to do a fresh install of Vista on my G1S to clear all the junk off my computer and have it working for college. I go to insert the recovery DVD that came with it but it dose not auto load. Do I need to boot from CD and if so how do I do that. I tryed holding F5 at restart to see if any options said boot from CD but that did not work. Anyone know hot to use the Recovery DVD to do a clean install?
     
    GodsDragon, Sep 4, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    1. If you still have the recovery partition, there;'s no need for the DVD. Just press F9 at the ASUS splashscreen on booting up the machine, and the recovery will start from the HDD.

    2. Otherwise, insert the DVD, press ESC once at the ASUS splashscreen, and select from the ensuing popup menu the CD/DVD drive to boot from.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 4, 2007
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  3. sluzi26

    sluzi26 Notebook Geek

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    The program is going to ask for your Driver CD. DO NOT PUT THIS IN. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE EXTRA CRAP comes from.

    Once you're vista is reinstalled simply power off the computer and let Vista do it's thing.

    Then pop in you're driver cd and install you're chipset driver, ethernet/wifi driver, audio driver and video driver

    The rest is fluff.
     
    sluzi26, Sep 4, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Just a note, this won't work for the HDD installation AFAIK.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 5, 2007
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    Cheerfulnut Notebook Geek

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    Are there some G1S systems that come with a recovery partition? Mine only had the recovery DVD + Driver CD (thank goodness) and as sluzi said, I simply chose not to insert the driver CD when prompted and I was then able to ONLY choose what I wanted to have installed.
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    To my knowledge all ASUS ensembles come with a hidden recovery partition. Hidden is the keyword here; the only way you see it is using a partition manager, or when you activate it with F9 upon booting the machine.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 5, 2007
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    Cheerfulnut Notebook Geek

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    Interesting.. I'd never heard about this so that's something I'll be checking out when I get home tonight!
     
    Cheerfulnut, Sep 5, 2007
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  8. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

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    Booting from CD should work..I did 3 fresh installs..dont ask why..
    1. Turn on Laptop
    2. Press (I Think) F2 to Enter BIOS
    3. Go to the boot section to re-arrange the boot priorities to CD-Drive first.
    4. Select Save Changes and continue or w/e
    5. It should then restart and boot from the CD, then you just have to follow the instructions
     
    simonfzhao, Sep 5, 2007
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