Asus K53EXR4 Recovering Your Notebook PC, Using Recovery Partition, About the Recovery Partition

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Recovering Your Notebook PC

Using Recovery Partition

The Recovery Partition quickly restores your Notebook PC’s software to its original working state. Before using the Recovery Partition, copy your data files (such as Outlook PST files) to USB storage devices or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings (such as network settings).

About the Recovery Partition

The Recovery Partition is a reserved space on your hard disk drive used to restore the operating system, drivers, and utilities installed on your Notebook PC at the factory.

IMPORTANT! DO NOT delete the partition named RECOVERY. The Recovery Partition is created at the factory and cannot be restored if deleted.Take

your Notebook PC to an authorized ASUS service center if you have problems with the recovery process.

Using the Recovery Partition:

1.Press [F9] during bootup.

2.Press [Enter] to select Windows Setup [EMS Enabled].

3.Select the language you want to recover and click Next.

4.Read the ASUS Preload Wizard messages and click Next.

5.Select a partition option and click Next. Partition options:

Recover Windows to first partition only.

This option deletes only the first partition and allows you to keep other partitions,and to create a new system partition as drive“C”.

Recover Windows to entire HD.

This option deletes all partitions from your hard disk drive and creates a new system partition as drive“C”.

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Contents E6459 February Table of Contents Appendix Chapter Using the Notebook PCReach A-29 Introducing About This User’s Manual Safety Precautions Sound Pressure DC fan Transportation PrecautionsBottom Temperature AdapterAirplane Precautions Cover Your Notebook PCCharge Your Batteries Preparing your Notebook PC These are quick instructions for using your Notebook PCOpening the LCD display panel Chapter Model Top SideEsc Tab Caps lock Shift Ctrl Alt F10 F11 F12 Microphone Built-in Camera IndicatorPower Switch Power IndicatorTouchpad and Buttons Status Indicators frontAudio Speaker System KeyboardBottom Side Model Hard Disk Drive Compartment Battery Lock ManualBattery Lock Spring Battery PackMemory RAM Compartment USB Port Optical Drive Right SideHeadphone Output Jack Microphone Input JackKensington Lock Port Power DC Input Left SideLAN Port USB Port Air VentsHdmi Hdmi Port Display Monitor OutputLeft Side Hdmi Hdmi Port Rear Side Flash Memory Slot Front SidePage Getting Started Using AC Power Power SystemPage Using Battery Power Installing and Removing the Battery PackTo install the battery pack To remove the battery pack Battery CarePower-On Self Test Post Powering on the Notebook PCSelf Monitoring and Reporting Technology Checking Battery Power Charging the Battery Pack Restarting or Rebooting Power OptionsEmergency Shutdown Power Management Modes Sleep and Hibernate Thermal Power Control Colored Hot Keys Special Keyboard FunctionsSpeaker Up Icon F12 Decreases the speaker volume only in Windows OSIncreases the speaker volume only in Windows OS Speaker Down Icon F11Extended Keyboard on selected models Microsoft Windows KeysKeyboard as a Numeric Keypad Multimedia Control Keys on selected models Begins or pauses media file playbackStops media file playback Switches Switches and Status IndicatorsFront Status IndicatorsNumber Lock Indicator Capital Lock IndicatorBattery Charge Indicator dual-color Bluetooth / Wireless Indicator Drive Activity IndicatorUsing the Notebook PC Pointing Device Moving The Pointer Using the TouchpadTouchpad Usage Illustrations Dragging-Clicking Page Automatic Touchpad Disabling Caring for the TouchpadPage Flash Memory Card Reader Storage DevicesHard Disk Drive Removing the hard disk drive Installing the hard disk drive Memory RAM Installing a Memory Card Removing a Memory CardNetwork Connection ConnectionsTwisted-Pair Cable Wireless LAN Connection on selected models LAN adapters Ad-hoc modeInfrastructure mode Optional 802.11 wirelessConnecting to a network Windows Wireless Network ConnectionPage Turning on and Launching Bluetooth Utility Bluetooth Wireless Connection on selected modelsRight-click Bluetooth Network DevicesClick Add a device to look for New devices Page Page AppendixA Optional Connections Optional AccessoriesSupport Software Operating System and SoftwarePress Enter and select a device as the Boot Option #1 System Bios SettingsBoot Device On the Boot screen, select Boot Option #1To set the password Security SettingSave Changes Unknown Reason System Unstable Common Problems and SolutionsHardware Problem Optical Disc Hardware Problem Keyboard / HotkeyBattery maintenance Hardware Problem Built-in CameraHardware Problem Battery Hardware Problem Power ON/OFF ErrorWhy is the cooling fan always on and the temperature high? Hardware Problem Wireless CardMechanical Problem FAN / Thermal Symptom & SolutionsSoftware Problem Asus bundled software Blue screen with white text appears after system bootupUnknown Reason Blue screen with white text Page Press Enter to run the utility to select and update Bios Software Problem BiosRecovering Your Notebook PC Using Recovery PartitionAbout the Recovery Partition Using Recovery DVD on selected models Recover Windows to entire HD with two partitionsCreating the Recovery DVD Using the Recovery DVD Regional Playback Information DVD-ROM Drive InformationCIS, India, Pakistan, Rest of Africa, Russia, North Korea Region DefinitionsRegion Canada, US, US TerritoriesRegion C Blu-ray ROM Drive Information on selected modelsRegion a Region BInternal Modem Compliancy OverviewNetwork Compatibility Declaration Non-Voice Equipment Country Applied Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Declarations and Safety StatementsDeclaration of Conformity R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC FCC Radio Frequency RF Exposure Caution StatementIC Radiation Exposure Statement for Canada CE marking for devices without wireless LAN/BluetoothCE marking for devices with wireless LAN/ Bluetooth CE Mark WarningFrance Restricted Wireless Frequency Bands Wireless Operation Channel for Different DomainsBas Rhin Oise Orne Puy du DômeDo not use the Notebook PC in the vicinity of a gas leak UL Safety NoticesTV Tuner Notices Power Safety RequirementJapanese Nordic Lithium Cautions for lithium-ion batteriesService warning label Cdrh Regulations Optical Drive Safety Information Laser Safety InformationMacrovision Corporation Product Notice CTR 21 Approval For Notebook PC with built-in Modem Spanish Swedish Energy Star complied product European Union Eco-labelKorea RoHS Swiss Energy Laws Takeback ServicesGlobal Environmental Regulation Compliance and Declaration Japan JIS-C-0950 Material DeclarationsCopyright Information Service and Support Limitation of LiabilityVisit our multi-language web site at http//support.asus.com