Asus BM5365 User Manual download pdf (Page 28)

2-16 Chapter 3: Starting up

The ASUS PC Recovery DVD is for ASUS Desktop PC only. DO NOT use it on

other systems. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for updates.

2.6.2 Recovering a Windows

Vista OS:

1. Turn on your system and press <F8> when the ASUS logo appears.

2. Insert the Recovery DVD into the optical drive when a Please select boot

device menu appears. Select the optical drive as the boot device then press

Enter. The system restarts.

3. After the system reboots, an ASUS Preload window appears. Press Next to

continue.

4. Select where to install a new system. Options are:

Recover Windows to rst partition only:

This option deletes only the rst partition, allows you to keep other

partitions, and creates a new system partition as drive “C”.

Recover Windows to entire HD:

This option deletes all partitions from your hard disk and creates a new

system partition as drive “C”.

Recover Windows to entire HD with 2 partitions:

This option deletes all partitions from your hard disk and creates two new

system partitions. The rst partition takes up 60% of the whole hard disk

size and the second partition takes up 40%. The new system is installed in

the rst partition. You can back up your data in the second partition.

5. When a window appears querying Are you sure you want to recover now,

click Finish. The process percentage is displayed on the screen.

6. When a Recovery nish message appears, click OK and the system

restarts. After it restarts, follow the onscreen instructions to complete the

system congurations.

If you want to recover the system from the hidden partition, press <F9> when

the ASUS logo appears. Then follow steps 3-6 below.

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