01-19-2012 11:32 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 09:57 PM by ROGBot
01-19-2012 11:39 PM
01-19-2012 11:46 PM
BrodyBoy wrote:
You can look in Disk Management to see if you still have a recovery partition. (START -> diskmgmt.msc) It will appear as a 25Gb hidden partition (i.e., no drive letter) before the C: partition on your primary hard drive.
If you have the recovery partition, you can use the F9 method to restore your computer to its out-of-the-box condition before giving it to your sister.
But wIthout the recovery partition or a set of recovery disks, you cannot perform a factory restore. In this case, assuming you don't want to buy the $50 system disk from Asus, you could just try to clean up all your files, or do a clean install of Windows.
01-19-2012 11:51 PM
01-20-2012 12:36 AM
BrodyBoy wrote:
If you have a 2nd hard drive on your model, you may also want to reformat its partitions if you have any of your personal data on them. (The factory restore procedure doesn't change the 2nd HDD at all.)