Hello, (Sorry, this published in CPU, wrong category, I've reposted in storage: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3884567/asus-hidden-recovery-partition.html)
Please read all before commenting about F9 recovery.
System is a Windows 8 (not 8.1) 64bit netbook (which worked faster than win10, hense the troubles to get it back to original factory)
I have replaced my HDD as the original was faulting and windows no longer booted and the drive would stop responding after a few minutes.
Long story short I recovered the recovery partition on the original HDD, its structure tree is this:
Recovery (Main Folder)
ᴸRecovery (Folder)
. ᴸLogs (Folder)
. ᴸReload.xml (1.34KB)
. ᴸWindowsRE (Folder)
. ᴸboot.sdi(3.02MB)
. ᴸReAgent.xml(1.10KB)
. ᴸWinre.wim(527MB)
ᴸRecoveryBoot (Folder)
. ᴸAsDiskLayout.dat(575KB)
. ᴸAsPartition.dat(1.07KB)
. ᴸboot.wim(274MB)
ᴸRecoveryImage (Folder)
. ᴸDONOTREPLACE.txt
. ᴸinstall.wim(8.19GB)
ᴸPQA.CMD(1.33KB)
Now the question is, I assume the RecoveryBoot folder lays out the partitions of the entire drive? As it's now a new un-formatted/partitioned drive, would I need to use this to get everything back to the same partitioning?
The drive and bios WON'T let me F9 anymore and any creation media USB I have tried doesn't work (it boots up), it doesn't find the recovery image to start the process. I've listed their file sizes to get a general jist of what they contain and their possible implantation.
I understand the install.wim would be the windows recovery image as its 8+Gigs, but how would I go about getting the first stage done of getting the correct partitions as all the files seems to be present I just can't activate the first bit to get everything rolling.
Thank you.
Please read all before commenting about F9 recovery.
System is a Windows 8 (not 8.1) 64bit netbook (which worked faster than win10, hense the troubles to get it back to original factory)
I have replaced my HDD as the original was faulting and windows no longer booted and the drive would stop responding after a few minutes.
Long story short I recovered the recovery partition on the original HDD, its structure tree is this:
Recovery (Main Folder)
ᴸRecovery (Folder)
. ᴸLogs (Folder)
. ᴸReload.xml (1.34KB)
. ᴸWindowsRE (Folder)
. ᴸboot.sdi(3.02MB)
. ᴸReAgent.xml(1.10KB)
. ᴸWinre.wim(527MB)
ᴸRecoveryBoot (Folder)
. ᴸAsDiskLayout.dat(575KB)
. ᴸAsPartition.dat(1.07KB)
. ᴸboot.wim(274MB)
ᴸRecoveryImage (Folder)
. ᴸDONOTREPLACE.txt
. ᴸinstall.wim(8.19GB)
ᴸPQA.CMD(1.33KB)
Now the question is, I assume the RecoveryBoot folder lays out the partitions of the entire drive? As it's now a new un-formatted/partitioned drive, would I need to use this to get everything back to the same partitioning?
The drive and bios WON'T let me F9 anymore and any creation media USB I have tried doesn't work (it boots up), it doesn't find the recovery image to start the process. I've listed their file sizes to get a general jist of what they contain and their possible implantation.
I understand the install.wim would be the windows recovery image as its 8+Gigs, but how would I go about getting the first stage done of getting the correct partitions as all the files seems to be present I just can't activate the first bit to get everything rolling.
Thank you.