As for the original ASUS drive image, you will have to contact support for that. They may or may not be accommodating. What I can offer is a link to get the OS if you have a Key. You will just have to go to the ASUS support page for your model and download all the drivers. There will be some missing software though.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8
This is why, without exception, that ever since manufacturers stopped providing recovery media and put it on a partition on the original drive I have always replaced that drive and put the original away for a rainy day.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8
This is why, without exception, that ever since manufacturers stopped providing recovery media and put it on a partition on the original drive I have always replaced that drive and put the original away for a rainy day.
Corporal wrote:
That means you still have your original XP941 M.2?
Yes, and the SM951 256 GB for the G752 and the HGST 1TB 7200rpm for the G751JL and the 500GB 7200rpm SSHD for G74sx.
All of them cloned, removed and put away in the boxes the laptops came in along with the memory modules, DVD drives and anything else that was original that I took out.
G751JY has 512GB SM951AHCI
G751JL has 512GB 850 pro as does the G74SX although that one is the second replacement drive as SSDs were not on the market when it came out. I originally replaced it with a Segate 1TB SSHD
G752VY has 512GB 950 pro
You can do a clean install, some prefer it. Me, I prefer the original image as I find it takes less time to remove the limited bloatware than it does to install all the drivers.
Corporal wrote:
My broke ass can't afford just putting the original SSD in the box and buying 512 GB SSD 😄
I cant either, I make my kids do landscaping work, shovel snow etc for the neighbors then take their money! :cool:
