Asus BP5120 - Manual (Page 55)

ASUS BP5120 3-9
The ASUS PC Recovery CD is for ASUS Desktop PC only. DO NOT use it on
other systems. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for any updates.
To recover a Windows Vista OS:
1. Turn on your ASUS Desktop PC and press F8 when the ASUS logo appears.
2. Insert the recovery CD into the optical drive when a Please select boot
device menu appears. Select the optical drive as the boot device and then
press Enter to continue.
3. After the system reboots, an ASUS Preload window appears. Press Next to
continue.
4. Select where to install a new system. Options are:
Recover Windows to first partition only:
This option will delete only the first partition, allowing you to keep other
partitions, and create a new system partition as drive “C”.
Recover Windows to entire HD:
This option will delete all partitions from your hard disk and create a new
system partition as drive “C”.
Recover Windows to entire HD with 2 partitions:
This option will delete all partitions from your hard disk and create two
new system partitions. The first partition takes up 60% of the whole hard
disk size and the second partition takes up 40%. The new system will be
installed in the first partition. You can back up your data in the second
partition.
5. When a window appears querying Are you sure you want to recover
now, click Finish. The process percentage finished will be displayed on the
screen.
6. When Recovery finish message appears, click OK and the system restarts.
After it restarts, follow the onscreen instructions to complete system
configurations.
If you want to recover the system from the hidden partition, press F9 when the
ASUS logo appears. Then follow the instructions 3-6 below.