System Recovery

Disable Boot Booster in BIOS setup before you perform system recovery from USB flash disk, external optical drive or hidden partition. Refer to the end of this chapter for details.

Using Recovery Partition (F9 Recovery)

About the Recovery Partition

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

Ensure to connect your Eee PC to the AC power adapter before using F9 recovery to avoid recovery failure.

Using the Recovery Partition:

1.Press <F9> during bootup (requires a Recovery Partition)

Ensure to press <F9> only once during bootup.

2.Click Recovery in the Recovery System dialog box to start the system recovery.

3.The system starts system recovery automatically and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.

Using the Support DVD

The Support DVD includes the pure operating system.The Support DVD provides a comprehensive recovery solution that quickly restores the pure operating system without drivers and utilities being installed. Before using the Support DVD, copy your data files to a USB storage device or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings (such as network settings).

When you restore your Eee PC to the pure operating system, no drivers and utilities are installed.You need to manually install the drivers and utilities you want on your Eee PC.

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Chapter 4: Support DVD & System Recovery