I Upgrade Windows 8 to 8.1 and Windows Recovery not work

[KYHI]

H is showing 14.5GB of data in a 20GB partition

 

[MasoudM]

H is showing 14.5GB of data in a 20GB partition

Yes
But nothing's show!



I think it's hidden file!

 

[KYHI]

control panel > folder options

View attachment 57137

and uncheck system files

 

[MasoudM]

control panel > folder options



and uncheck system files

thank's
I search and i can find DOS...



Is it this file?

 

[KYHI]

open command prompt(admin)

type> reagentc /disable

type> C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Setosimage /Path H:\RecoveryImage /Target C:\Windows /Index 1

type> reagentc /enable

that will register your factory recovery image.

 

[KYHI]

reboot

then type> reagentc /info

post a pic of reagentc

 

[MasoudM]

reboot

then type> reagentc /info

post a pic of reagentc

 

[KYHI]

control panel > recovery > create a recovery drive

you'll need a 16GB usb

that usb will contain your factory recovery..

When you have external media to backup D and E we can make a backup of those two partitions..

we will use your recovery media to restore factory installed windows, but we will edit one file to create the other two partitions.
then restore those two partitions from backup

One question - what version of windows did this PC come with?

 

[MasoudM]

control panel > recovery > create a recovery drive

you'll need a 16GB usb

Must be hard to borrow
This will take a few hours

 

[KYHI]

we can apply the image via a command prompt in dos

How good are you using diskpart to assign drive letters because

you will need to verify that the drive letter is assigned to your windows partition is C

and verify that the drive letter that is assigned to the recovery partition is H

 

[KYHI]

Right Charm -> Change PC Settings -> Update and Recovery -> Recovery -> Advanced Startup ->
Restart Now -> Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Prompt

dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"H:\RecoveryImage\Install.wim" /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\

that command will apply the recovery image install.wim to the windows partition..

Verify H is the recoveryimage partition and C is your windows partition

ONCE you enter DOS the drive letters tend to change, other then what was assigned in windows - and I was trying to avoid this part

 

[MasoudM]

My laptop come with Windows 8.0

excuse me KYHI, have a few questions

1. Can i delete other partition's?(128 & 450 MB)
2. Can i delete restore partition and replace H:?
3. If I change hard drive, with this USB can I install Windows on it? can i create a restore partition on new hard drive?(I want to replace HDD with SSD)

 

[MasoudM]

Right Charm -> Change PC Settings -> Update and Recovery -> Recovery -> Advanced Startup ->
Restart Now -> Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Prompt

dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"H:\RecoveryImage\Install.wim" /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\

that command will apply the recovery image install.wim to the windows partition..

Verify H is the recoveryimage partition and C is your windows partition

ONCE you enter DOS the drive letters tend to change, other then what was assigned in windows - and I was trying to avoid this part

With this method do not need to USB Recovery drive?

 

[KYHI]

if you want to fix the disk - you need to backup D and E to an external source ( you have 250GB of data one those to drives) and create a recovery drive(USB)

if you just want to restore your factory windows 8 we go the way of DOS and no media needed

 

[KYHI]

Actually you are better off with the fresh install of windows 8.1 and getting The right Asus programs

 

[MasoudM]

if you want to fix the disk - you need to backup D and E to an external source ( you have 250GB of data one those to drives) and create a recovery drive(USB)

if you just want to restore your factory windows 8 we go the way of DOS and no media needed

I wanted to go back to Windows 8 and then upgrade to Windows 8.1 agin!
BUT please you help me to have Windows 8.1(Clean), the way that you think is better.

if disk need to fix, help me to fix it (A few hours later I prepared external hard drive)

 

[MasoudM]

Actually you are better off with the fresh install of windows 8.1 and getting The right Asus programs

I downloaded all ASUS Windows 8.1 Program
But this not work!

 

[KYHI]

you want windows 8 back refer to post 30 & 31

We just can't wipe the disk you have to much DATA on D and E

 

[alphanumeric]

If you go here, ASUS Service | North America and type in N550JV, and then click Search. You should see N550JV listed. Click it and select Windows 8 64 bit for OS. Then go to Utilities. If you scroll down you should see "ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities". Windows 8.1 has likely installed a basic ATK utility. Something else I saw in the list that you may want to download is the ASUS InstantKey Utility. That may be the one your looking for to give you the onscreen key press popups. That last one is not listed for my laptop model. If you have already done this my apologies. Some people will just Google for something and download the first one they find. Depending on what your looking for you may not get you the one for your specific hardware. I just want to make sure you get the correct version. I tried to post a link to the exact spot the download is but it just always links to the main page I posted above. The URL doesn't change as you navigate to the download. It looks like they don't want anybody linking directly to the downloads.

 

[MasoudM]

If you go here, ASUS Service | North America and type in N550JV, and then click Search. You should see N550JV listed. Click it and select Windows 8 64 bit for OS. Then go to Utilities. If you scroll down you should see "ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities". Windows 8.1 has likely installed a basic ATK utility. Something else I saw in the list that you may want to download is the ASUS InstantKey Utility. That may be the one your looking for to give you the onscreen key press popups. That last one is not listed for my laptop model. If you have already done this my apologies. Some people will just Google for something and download the first one they find. Depending on what your looking for you may not get you the one for your specific hardware. I just want to make sure you get the correct version. I tried to post a link to the exact spot the download is but it just always links to the main page I posted above. The URL doesn't change as you navigate to the download. It looks like they don't want anybody linking directly to the downloads.

Thank you alphanumeric


I did this yesterday
But nothing could not be changed

I was able to empty space 100 GB I create on the my desktop PC
If I could back up my partitions, then i can Factory Reset!