@ Xbcxbc, the cloning with MR should work if you haven't done anything to the stock hdd. just follow @DRAKON's guide and things should be fine.
on the other hand, i'm not sure if this could help but you could try the app from the g75vx called ASUS Backtracker (you can get it from asus' support/driver download page for g75vx). i know it's for a different model, but that's the tool that i think might be useful.
yes the best way is still doing a clean install. for that, you might need to get a legit install media elsewhere (maybe through technet/msdn subscription).
on the other hand, i'm not sure if this could help but you could try the app from the g75vx called ASUS Backtracker (you can get it from asus' support/driver download page for g75vx). i know it's for a different model, but that's the tool that i think might be useful.
yes the best way is still doing a clean install. for that, you might need to get a legit install media elsewhere (maybe through technet/msdn subscription).
i suggest you go for ssd for your os, apps, for games that you play most. it's a different user experience entirely.
w7 should run well on a g750; still, drivers' incompatibilities might be an issue. well, you can just take out the stock hdd, put in a ssd then try it out.
w7 should run well on a g750; still, drivers' incompatibilities might be an issue. well, you can just take out the stock hdd, put in a ssd then try it out.
ah.. you have past experience already haha! good luck!
imo just don't be hasty to do anything with the stock hdd first. it's kind of hard to get the asus recovery partition back to the usable state once you have messed with the drive (unless you wanna send it in for repair). from what i've read, there is no working guide for this yet.
imo just don't be hasty to do anything with the stock hdd first. it's kind of hard to get the asus recovery partition back to the usable state once you have messed with the drive (unless you wanna send it in for repair). from what i've read, there is no working guide for this yet.
Xbcxbc wrote:
No, I'll probably take it out (after resetting everyting) and just keep it in a bag. I was thinking the same - if I need to send in the laptop for RMA, the original drive will be needed. I'll keep the recovery partition, although I'll look into duplicating it so that I can burn it onto a set of DVD-s, in case the drive goes bad. I really dislike that there's no recovery media with a high-end machine like this.
yes, it's better to keep the stock drive intact actually 🙂
BobbyCannon wrote:
I can tell you from my experience. I ordered a Samsung 840 ssd and used there tools to clone the drive. It did not work. I simply re-installed Windows 8. NOTE: If you want to boot to a USB key it must be FAT32. It will not boot to a USB key using NTFS. This machine is really great with 32gb of RAM and a SSD.
yeah it's better to configure it that way. it's too bad the cpu is soldered; or else i will definitely change that, too.
.. and it should boot if you disabled secure boot and enabled launch csm (some friends said you need to enable pxe option as well). by default it's uefi, that's why you need usb key with fat32.
