Recovering your system

Using the Recovery DVD���

The Recovery DVD includes an image of the operating system, installed on your system at the factory.The Recovery DVD, working with the Support DVD, provides a comprehensive recovery solution that quickly restores your system to its original working state, provided that your hard disk drive is in good working order. Before using the Recovery DVD, copy your data files (such as Outlook PST files) to floppy disks or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings (such as network settings).

1.Insert the Recovery DVD into the optical drive (System needs to be powered ON).

2.Restart the system and press <DEL> on bootup to enter the BIOS setup. Go to Boot > Boot Device Priority and select the optical drive (may be labeled as “CDROM:XXXX”) as the 1st Boot Device.

3.Press <F10> to save the configuration and reboot from the Recovery DVD.

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

Recover system to a partition only.

This option will delete only the partition you select from below, allowing you to keep other partitions, and create a new system partition as drive “C”.

Recover system to entire HD.

This option will delete all partitions from your hard disk drive and create a new system partition as drive “C”.

5.Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the recovery process.

You will lose all your data during the system recovery. Ensure to back up your important data before recovering your system.

ASUS NOVA P20/P22 37