Is it possible to create a Restore CD/DVD from the Restore partition?
The F9 restore function is Useless when the Hard disk fails. Hard disk failure is the primary reason why you would have to restore in the first place. Do we just send back to Asus if the hard drive fails?
I have an EeePC 1005PE with Windows 7 Starter. I also have an external CD/DVD burner.
I'm sure this may have been asked before, but I could not find a good answer.
thanks for your help.
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UPDATE - Here are the steps to create a Recovery image on a USB Storage Device.
Or, look at the last post.
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ASUS
Eee PC Technical Updates
System
recovery
Disable
Boot
Booster in
BIOS setup before you perform system recovery from USB flash disk,
external optical drive or hidden partition.
Ensure
to connect your Eee PC to the AC power adapter before using F9
recovery to avoid recovery failure.
Using
recovery partition (F9 Recovery)
1.
Press <F9> during bootup.
Ensure
to press <F9> only once during bootup.
2.
Select the language you use and click to
continue.
3.
Click Recovery
in
the Recovery
System dialog
box to start the system recovery.
4.
The system starts system recovery automatically and follow the
onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.
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Back
up the recovery files
1.
Repeat the step 1—2 in the previous section.
2.
Connect a USB storage device to your Eee PC and click Backup
in
the Recovery
System dialog
box to start the recovery files backup.
• The
size of the connected USB storage device should be larger than 16GB.
• Memory
cards are not supported for this function.
• A
dialog box appears as a reminder if you have not connected the USB
storage device for system recovery backup to your Eee PC.
3.
Select a desired USB storage device if more than one USB storage
device is connected to your Eee PC and click Continue.
4.
All the data on the selected USB storage device will be cleared.
Click Continue
to
start the backup or click Back
to
backup your important data.
You
will lose all your data on the selected USB storage device. Ensure to
back up your important data beforehand
5.
The system backup starts and click OK
when
done.
Using
the USB storage device (USB recovery)
1.
Connect the USB storage device that you backup the system recovery
files.
2.
Press <ESC>
on
bootup and the Please
select boot device screen
appears. Select USB:XXXXXX to boot from the connected USB storage
device.
Please
select
boot device:
HDD:SM-ASUS-PHISON
SSDUSB:XXXXXXXX
↑
and
↓
to
move selection
ENTER
to
select boot device
3.
Select the language you use and click to
continue.
4.
Click Recovery
to
start system recovery.
5.
Select a partition option and click Continue.
Partition options:
• Recover
system to a partition.
This
option deletes all data on the system partition “C” and keeps the
partition “D” unchanged.
•
Recover
system to entire HD.
This
option deletes all partitions from your hard disk drive and creates a
new system partition as drive “C” and a data partition as drive
“D“.
6.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.