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Thread ID: 121300	2011-10-19 21:04:00	Laptop and original disks... WIN7	Disco_Dan (16576)	Press F1

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1238653	2011-10-19 23:04:00	Didn't know MS actually allowed ISO of OS to be released online .... But re: OP's comment of, Is there some way of re-installing everything back to how it was when I first turned it on? That might mean you need to create a HD or DVD image using ASUS software (if available), I know Acer can do that. Or it might be thru boot up. I assume the condition of the OS now is not that keepable, if it was you could just Windows 7 Image Backup in Control Panel to make your own image or commercial products like Norton or Acronis. Or then you could purchase a recovery DVD disc from ASUS. Using those ISO images are fine, but it might mean you need to hunt around to install drivers for your laptop and configure it up.	Nomad (952)
1238654	2011-10-19 23:34:00	All the drivers are available to download from Asus website. So in theory I can burn them to disk, clean install Win7 then install drivers.	Disco_Dan (16576)
1238655	2011-10-19 23:38:00	Yes.	wratterus (105)
1238656	2011-10-19 23:52:00	Starting the restore process from the restore partition will put it back exactly as you bought it, which is the answer to your original question and doesn't require you to download any iso's	gary67 (56)
1238657	2011-10-19 23:53:00	I plan to remove all the partitions - including the hidden restore partition (which I hope will appear when I install windows from the disk and give me the option to delete partitions!).	Disco_Dan (16576)
1238658	2011-10-20 00:02:00	Souds like you're on the right track. As to the partitons, you could always have deleted the D: partition and used disk manager to extend the C: volume onto the empty space. Windows 7 is the first version where microsoft deigned to give us this option :) (at least I think it is) It is a little limited, but it does work well for what it can do.	dugimodo (138)
1238659	2011-10-20 00:02:00	If you remove the hidden restore partition it will not just re-appear when you install Windows.	Snorkbox (15764)
1238660	2011-10-21 10:08:00	With Windows 7 there are usually two partitions for the system. The first partition is only about 100mb and contains the boot files, and is hidden, so the second becomes 'C'. The second partition should be about 80gb for Windows and your programs. You should create a third partition to contain your work. Go to 'my documents' in 'C' and select properties, move 'my documents' to a folder in the third partition. This way your data will be safe if Windows is corrupted. Also your 'C' drive will not fill up. If at some stage your 'C' drive gets full you can move the swap file to the third partition as well.	mzee (3324)
1238661	2011-10-21 21:32:00	With Windows 7 there are usually two partitions for the system. The first partition is only about 100mb and contains the boot files, and is hidden, so the second becomes 'C'. The second partition should be about 80gb for Windows and your programs. You should create a third partition to contain your work. Go to 'my documents' in 'C' and select properties, move 'my documents' to a folder in the third partition. This way your data will be safe if Windows is corrupted. Also your 'C' drive will not fill up. If at some stage your 'C' drive gets full you can move the swap file to the third partition as well. There was three partitions, recovery C: & D: was fed up with C: drive getting filled up quickly as most programs automatically use C: drive. The recovery partition was only small, so I left it - just in case I ever sell the laptop I can still recover back to factory defaults. I deleted the other two the created just one C: and installed everything on that. Much easier and prefer it that way.	Disco Dan (11672)
1238662	2011-10-22 09:29:00	The Easeus partition manager I linked to earler has the capabillity to 'merge' the two partitions, as does the windows disk management, just fyi.	wratterus (105)
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