Hello IT Gods!
This is my first forum here.
First off, i would like to say thank you for this amazing place, i've always been able to find a solution to my problems here.
Now to my problem.
I recently bought a Asus Transformer TP300LA which i recieved in my post office 02. February.
Yesterday (03. February), i took it to my workplace to join the domain (i work as an IT Apprentice at a high-school in norway).
But the laptop was pre-installed with Windows 8.1 64-bit OEM, so i had to install another version of Windows 8.1, and since we only have licenses for 8.1 Enterprises, it had to be that version.
Since it was a clean install, i had to download all the drivers from Asus Driver & Tools.
I never got the FlipLock to work, so googled, but found no solution that would work for me.
I called Asus tech support Norway, was in telephone for about 2 hours trying to get it fixed, but the result ended in they telling me i had to send it to service and pay a minimum of 1300 NOK equal to 172$ + shipping to & from service.
I don't want to pay that much, since i just bought it for 7000 NOK (930.55$).
So i tried to do a recovery, but that didn't work because my Recovery partition is hidden.
Then i did some more googling, and i read on a site (can't remember which site, since it was at work) that if i do a clean install without deleting the Recovery partitions, i can't boot into recovery mode and restore the laptop to factory settings
When i got home, i bade a bootable USB with Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and reinstalled the laptop, but i couldn't install it on the partition because it wasn't a GPT partition so i followed this guide to manually wipe and convert a drive to GPT.
So i opened command promt using Shift + F10 and type Diskpart and then typed list disk and this was the result:
Disk 0 450GB
Disk 1 20GB
the 20GB partition was my recovery partition.
I specifically selected Disk 0 and wiped it and converted it to GPT.
Then i reloaded the partition list in windows 8.1 installer, and it turns out both of my partitions were wiped and "fused" into 1 partition
:shock: <- my exact face reactions
I finished installing Windows 8.1 Pro...
Now here are my questions:
1a) Is there anyway to get the Recovery Partitions back?
1b) If yes, how?
2a) Is there anyone with the same laptop on this forum?
2b) If yes, is there any chance that you would be so kind to make an iso file from your recovery disc and share them with me?
Thank you guys for reading this post, i know it is a long post, but i figured the more info i posted, the easier it would be to get help
The most important specs for this laptop is:
Intel® Core™ i5 4210U
500 GB HDD
8 GB RAM
Intel® HD Graphics 4400
13,3" FHD (1920x1080)
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EDIT 1: I might not be able to post a reply until after the night, it's 02:12 AM, and i need to sleep now
EDIT 2: Now I'm at work, so i can reply all day
EDIT 3:
I have now been able to restore the recovery disc. Here are some screen shots.
Forgive me if they are abit big, not sure how to edit the size of them
I have changed the settings to Show hidden files
The size of the Recovery.txt is 0 kb, and when i open it, there is nothing in it....
__________________________________
Sincerely
Vasquez
This is my first forum here.
First off, i would like to say thank you for this amazing place, i've always been able to find a solution to my problems here.
Now to my problem.
I recently bought a Asus Transformer TP300LA which i recieved in my post office 02. February.
Yesterday (03. February), i took it to my workplace to join the domain (i work as an IT Apprentice at a high-school in norway).
But the laptop was pre-installed with Windows 8.1 64-bit OEM, so i had to install another version of Windows 8.1, and since we only have licenses for 8.1 Enterprises, it had to be that version.
Since it was a clean install, i had to download all the drivers from Asus Driver & Tools.
I never got the FlipLock to work, so googled, but found no solution that would work for me.
I called Asus tech support Norway, was in telephone for about 2 hours trying to get it fixed, but the result ended in they telling me i had to send it to service and pay a minimum of 1300 NOK equal to 172$ + shipping to & from service.
I don't want to pay that much, since i just bought it for 7000 NOK (930.55$).
So i tried to do a recovery, but that didn't work because my Recovery partition is hidden.
Then i did some more googling, and i read on a site (can't remember which site, since it was at work) that if i do a clean install without deleting the Recovery partitions, i can't boot into recovery mode and restore the laptop to factory settings
When i got home, i bade a bootable USB with Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and reinstalled the laptop, but i couldn't install it on the partition because it wasn't a GPT partition so i followed this guide to manually wipe and convert a drive to GPT.
So i opened command promt using Shift + F10 and type Diskpart and then typed list disk and this was the result:
Disk 0 450GB
Disk 1 20GB
the 20GB partition was my recovery partition.
I specifically selected Disk 0 and wiped it and converted it to GPT.
Then i reloaded the partition list in windows 8.1 installer, and it turns out both of my partitions were wiped and "fused" into 1 partition
:shock: <- my exact face reactions
I finished installing Windows 8.1 Pro...
Now here are my questions:
1a) Is there anyway to get the Recovery Partitions back?
1b) If yes, how?
2a) Is there anyone with the same laptop on this forum?
2b) If yes, is there any chance that you would be so kind to make an iso file from your recovery disc and share them with me?
Thank you guys for reading this post, i know it is a long post, but i figured the more info i posted, the easier it would be to get help
The most important specs for this laptop is:
Intel® Core™ i5 4210U
500 GB HDD
8 GB RAM
Intel® HD Graphics 4400
13,3" FHD (1920x1080)
-----------------------------------
EDIT 1: I might not be able to post a reply until after the night, it's 02:12 AM, and i need to sleep now
EDIT 2: Now I'm at work, so i can reply all day
EDIT 3:
I have now been able to restore the recovery disc. Here are some screen shots.
Forgive me if they are abit big, not sure how to edit the size of them
I have changed the settings to Show hidden files
The size of the Recovery.txt is 0 kb, and when i open it, there is nothing in it....
__________________________________
Sincerely
Vasquez
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 64-bit (ASUS) | Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (HP )
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Transformer TP300LA | HP EliteBook 8570p