ASUS Recovery partition

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Hi All,

I've read a lot of posts and a little confused. I upgraded ASUS S400CA to 8.1 . I just need to create a recovery disk with the option of copy from recovery partition which is graded out as many of you know. Can you please provide me with the steps of what I will have to do to create a USB drive which will hold the image and when I want to restore the laptop to original settings I can use that USB drive.


Thanks in Advance!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
I think something is wrong with the recovery drive after 8.1 upgrade since it does not allow me to select the option of copying from recovery partition. This is so confusing. Hp Toshiba have a nice software to restore to factory settings.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
Quite often the factory recovery partitions get corrupted after updating to 8.1 from 8.0

You could order the recovery disks from Asus for a nominal charge.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
So what i basically since my recovery partition is corrupted , the best way to get back the recovery partition and to create a USB recovery flash drive after that. I saw some posts which suggest to download partition guru software for accessing some files which would help restoring the recovery parition. Does someone please give the steps here.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
Once the recovery partition has been changed or resized, it is of no value and cannot be restored. Your only alternative is to order the recovery discs from Asus.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Nucii,

I did not do anything to the recovery partitionl. This is a new laptop and all I did was to update it to 8.1. If that's the end of creating a recovery disk i will rather just return the laptop.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
We need the results of a reagentc /info command run in an Administrative Command Prompt, and a picture of your Disk Management window.

If the reagentc /info command will not run, try running a reagentc /enable, then the /info again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
    Hard Drives
    Kingston SSD 240 GB
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:


Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Recove
ry\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 0822f209-02e6-11e4-b496-8678773cc8
42
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0


REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
In order for the Recovery Drive to be able to copy over the Recovery partition, it has to be registered, but yours is not. In the line that mentions Recovery Image location, there needs to be a location identified and then an Index for that image.

Without the Disk Management picture, I do not know if you even have a Recovery Image partition.

But to register the partition, you will have to put a drive letter on it with Diskpart. Then find the path and index number of the Factory image, and then use Reagentc.exe to register the image.

Some of the other threads have gone through the process and include pictures !! I will try to find you one and supply the link later.

http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/47695-too-many-recovery-partitions.html
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
    Hard Drives
    Kingston SSD 240 GB
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This does not look good. I think i lost the recovery partition. I have the same laptop. I will post a pic of that which does have the recovery partition but unassigned as you've mentioned. Saltgrass bro can you confirm that recovery partition is out? If yes, all I want now is to make a USB or DVD which can be used to reinstall the windows 8.1 that I have currently installed incase I want to format the laptop or something.

When I create a recovery disk what can it be used for?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
I agree, there does not seem to be a Recovery Partition present.

Those things are not easy to remove, unless you did that when you created the Recovery Drive, which is an option.

If the system did not come with a Recovery Image Partition, perhaps you were given some external media that contains an image.

The system is also a Legacy configuration, so it would seem Windows 8 was not pre-installed, so you probably would not have a Recovery Image.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
    Hard Drives
    Kingston SSD 240 GB

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
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