Asus ET1602 User Manual - Page 33

English Recovering your system Using the recovery DVD The recovery DVD includes an image of the operating system installed on your system at the factory.The recovery DVD provides a comprehensive recovery solution that quickly restores your system to its original working state, provided that your hard disk drive is in good working order. Before using the recovery DVD, copy your data files (such as Outlook PST files) to a USB device or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings (such as network settings). You need to connect a USB optical drive to your computer before inserting the recovery DVD. 1. Turn on your computer and press . 2. When the Eee Top logo appears, press to enter the Please select boot device menu. 3. Insert the recovery DVD into the optical drive and select the optical drive ("DVDROM: XXX") as the boot device. Press and then press any key to continue. 4. The ASUS Recovery CD/DVD window appears. Select where to install a new system. Options are: Recover system to a partition This option will delete only the partition you select from below, allowing you to keep other partitions. Select a partition and click NEXT. Recover system to entire HD This option will delete all partitions from your hard disk drive and restore factory settings. Select and click Yes. We highly recommend that you select Recover system to entire HD to retain the default recovery partition for the function described on the next page. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process. You will lose all your data during the system recovery. Make sure that you make a backup of it before recovering the system. 6. After the system recovery is completed, restart the computer. 7. Set up your language, time zone, keyboard, computer name, and user name to enter the Windows® OS. This recovery DVD is for Eee Top only. DO NOT use it on other computers. Visit the ASUS website www.asus.com for any updates. Eee Top ET16 Series 33