Asus D520MT (BM2CD) - System Recovery; Using the System Recovery Partition; Using the Recovery DVD

Recovering your system
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Using the system recovery partition
ThesystemrecoverypartitionquicklyrestoresyourDesktopPC’ssoftwaretoitsoriginalworking
state.Beforeusingthesystemrecoverypartition,copyyourdatales(suchasOutlookPSTles)to
USB storage devices or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings
(suchasnetworksettings).
About the system recovery partition
The system recovery partition is a reserved space on your hard disk drive used to restore the
operatingsystem,drivers,andutilitiesinstalledonyourDesktopPCatthefactory.
DONOTdeletethesystemrecoverypartition,whichisthepartitionwithoutvolumelabelonDisk
0. The system recovery partition is created at the factory and cannot be restored if deleted. Take
yourDesktopPCtoanauthorizedASUSservicecenterifyouhaveproblemswiththerecovery
process.
Using the system recovery partition:
1. Press <F9> during bootup.
2. HighlightWindowsSetup[EMSEnabled]andpress<Enter>.
3. From the Recover system to a partition screen, click <Next>.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.
VisittheASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.comforupdateddriversandutilities.
Using the Recovery DVD (on selected models)
RemovetheexternalharddiskdrivebeforeperformingsystemrecoveryonyourDesktopPC.
According to Microsoft, you may lose important data because of setting up Windows on the
wrong disk drive or formatting the incorrect drive partition.
To use the Recovery DVD:
1. InserttheRecoveryDVDintotheopticaldrive.YourDesktopPCneedstobepoweredON.
2. RestarttheDesktopPCandpress<F8>onbootupandselecttheopticaldrive(maybe
labeledas“CD/DVD”)andpress<Enter>tobootfromtheRecoveryDVD.
3. Select OK to start to restore the image.