Hello All,
I just purchased a "Manufacture Refurbished" Asus Eee T101MT netbook and I'm having some issues. It was purchased off Ebay, don't scoff, as there is no problem sending it back. I'd like to solve the issue if possible though due to getting a good price. I've never had an Asus or a hybrid before, so maybe I'm missing something?
There appears to be some missing Asus software and as I cannot get the "f9 recovery" utility to work? It comes with 2g of Ram and loaded with Windows 7 Pro with COA.
1) There is apparently no recovery partition as only the {C: drive} shows? Also, I cannot figure out how to restore the unit via the "f9 Recovery" utility? The instruction manual says a "Recovery System" dialog box should come up when pressing the f9 button at boot. However, all I get is the "Windows Boot Manager" and I don't see a full system restore option under that?
2) The manual also says you should disable the "Boot Buster", via f2, if restoring from an external device. This isn't applicable but upon doing such and entering the BIOS SETUP UTILITY >BOOT, there is no reference to Boot Booster or a "disable" feature for such?
3) This model has a "Express Gate" quick boot option. It allows you to boot into the Asus "interface" program via a special start button. However, no features of the Express Gate button work and I cannot find the Asus Interface software/Icon within Windows either?
4) There should have been many bloated programs and desktop Icons, such as trial versions of "Office", "Skype", etc, etc. None of that is present and in fact there are only 5 Icons showing (Computer, Network, Recycle Bend, Control Panel, ManyCam).
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THIS U-Tube video gives a review from a boxed unit with features. My unit is missing all the Asus features as he is showing.
Is there anyway to rectify this? I mean, can I download the missing features and how do I reset the laptop to Manufacture Specs?
Thanks, Ralph