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This is what I have done so far > http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/21897-new-asus-laptop-has-no-recovery-disk-utlity.html What I think is going to happen if I boot from my USB recovery drive and do a Reset, is to restore my laptop to the 'first time use" state. On the next reboot it will be like it was the first time I turned it on. I'll pick my language, keyboard layout etc and all the factory installed utilities and apps will be there. The install.wim file that is used is taken from the factory installed recovery partition. I did not delete that partition, I just copied it to the recovery disk I made. I also made an image of my current install with the Windows 7 file Recovery utility. I could use that same recovery drive to restore that image, at least I think I can. I haven't tested any of it. I've booted from the recovery drive and went about as far as you did and then bailed out. I have no idea what will happen if you try to run it on a blank substitute drive. I hope to find out one way or the other.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
- Memory
- 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
- Sound Card
- VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
- PSU
- Thermaltake TR 620
- Case
- Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Cooling
- Stock heatsink fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
- Internet Speed
- 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
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- Internet Explorer 11
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- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2