I am at the end of my rope with this system. I downloaded the recovery software to a USB Port but when I plug it in it won't boot or recognize the port to start the recovery process. I tried going to F9 but it says my system needs repair and I get an error message saying "files are missing" no recovery data found..What can I do to get it to boot to the USB?
Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
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Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
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Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
Hard Drives
AMD K140
Cores 2
Threads 2
Name AMD K140
Package Socket FT1 BGA
Technology 40nm
Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
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Extended Model 2
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It is not giving me an option to change the bios. It does give me an option to add a new boot option but I don't know how to add the USB as a boot option
Alphanumeric that is exactly how I created it.. I have two of these systems but i can't find the option to create recovery discs on the system that works so I created the recovery USB..When I put it in the system it does not boot from the USB
Maybe a dumb question but is it perchance an USB 3.0 port your using? I ask, because on my laptop with windows 7, when I wanted to do a clean install or recover from a system image my USB 3.0 port wouldn't work and I had to use the USB 2.0 port. The driver for USB 3.0 had to be installed after. I don't know if this is the same with 8.1 because I think it comes with generic 3.0 drivers.
It was just a possibility that happened to me before. too bad it wasn't that simple. To make a one time change to boot on my ASUS X54c I just have to spam(repeatedly hit) my ESC key as soon as I push the start switch and then choose USB. OR it could be you didn't burn to the USB slow enough. When making install media you need to burn it at the slowest possible speed, be it disks or USB.
One way to do it is with the BIOS quick boot menu. It's a one time boot option to that device. It's a mini BIOS menu with a list of the detected boot devices. You pick the one you want to boot from and hit enter. On my ASUS desktop PC's it's F8. On my ASUS laptop its Esc. On the next boot after that it goes back to the default boot order. I find it great for doing installs as it saves having to go in and change the boot order twice. F9 was my ASUS laptops factory recovery feature. My ASUS laptop also did not have any factory utility to make recovery disks. Making a recovery thumb drive was the only option.