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System Recovery Disable Boot Booster in BIOS setup before you perform system recovery from USB flash disk, external optical drive or hidden partition. Refer to the end of this chapter for details. Using Recovery Partition (F9 Recovery) About the Recovery Partition The Recovery Partition is a space reserved on your hard disk drive used to restore the operating system, drivers, and utilities installed on your Eee PC at the factory. Ensure to connect your Eee PC to the AC power adapter before using F9 recovery to avoid recovery failure. Using the Recovery Partition: 1. Press during bootup (requires a Recovery Partition) Ensure to press only once during bootup. 2. Click Recovery in the Recovery System dialog box to start the system recovery. 3. The system starts system recovery automatically and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process. Using the Support DVD The Support DVD includes the pure operating system.The Support DVD provides a comprehensive recovery solution that quickly restores the pure operating system without drivers and utilities being installed. Before using the Support DVD, copy your data files to a USB storage device or to a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings (such as network settings). When you restore your Eee PC to the pure operating system, no drivers and utilities are installed. You need to manually install the drivers and utilities you want on your Eee PC. 4-4 Chapter 4: Support DVD & System Recovery

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Chapter 4: Support DVD & System Recovery
4-4
System Recovery
Using Recovery Partition (F9 Recovery)
About the Recovery Partition
The Recovery Partition is a space reserved on your hard disk drive used to
restore the operating system, drivers, and utilities installed on your Eee PC
at the factory.
Ensure to connect your Eee PC to the AC power adapter before
using F9 recovery to avoid recovery failure.
Using the Recovery Partition:
1.
Press <F9> during bootup (requires a Recovery Partition)
2.
Click
Recovery
in the
Recovery System
dialog box to start the
system recovery.
3.
The system starts system recovery automatically and follow the
onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.
Disable
Boot Booster
in BIOS setup before you perform system
recovery from USB flash disk, external optical drive or hidden
partition. Refer to the end of this chapter for details.
Ensure to press <F9> only once during bootup.
Using the Support DVD
The Support DVD includes the pure operating system. The Support DVD
provides a comprehensive recovery solution that quickly restores the
pure operating system without drivers and utilities being installed. Before
using the Support DVD, copy your data files to a USB storage device or to
a network drive and make note of any customized configuration settings
(such as network settings).
When you restore your Eee PC to the pure operating system, no
drivers and utilities are installed. You need to manually install the
drivers and utilities you want on your Eee PC.