you can follow the instructions to this here. for g75vx owners - now you have the new tool called ASUS Backtracker.note that the built-in windows file backup can only be used on a drive that is equal or larger (although there is a way to make it work, but let's stick to this first) make sure these backups work by trying them out with a spare disk first. for those with w8 preloaded - use Macrium Reflect ( download), or the built-in windows file backup (backup and restore in w7) to create a system image.for those with w7 preloaded - use AI Recovery (1.0.24 or later) to prepare the recovery disks (or you can use the below).Operating System Upgrades/Downgrades/Fresh InstallsĪgain, before you do anything to your stock windows, please perform necessary steps to make sure you can recover from possible catastrophic outcomes: if you must do this on a production system, see step 1.back up your system, but more importantly, data, before doing anything else (and make sure the backup actually works).so i hope you can be as prepared as you can for the same reason. Please also understand that for many of us who do this often, we have done the best (to our knowledge) to prevent the worst from happening. if possible, please post in the same thread. with google, you can type ' site: your keywords' without quotes (e.g. if you have a question, please ask.įor the impatient, you can always start by searching through the forum for similar threads to your questions. however, please remember that the ROG community is the actual driving force behind all these. This guide is for those who are new to operating system upgrades/downgrades/fresh installs, and decide to take up the challenges by doing things themselves. HOW TO CREATE A SYSTEM IMAGE USING MICROSOFT WINDOWS POWERSHELLĪfter these few months of trying to help others resolve problems related to their laptops, i would like to add these for reference, so that hopefully it will serve the purpose to minimize the potential issues that we frequently met for the past months. HOW TO INSTALL STOCK WINDOWS USING DISM AND INSTALL.WIM Fresh Install of Win8 Pro Over Win8 On G55 (by CLEAN WINDOWS 8 INSTALL ON GPT SSD DRIVE (G75VX) (by G75VX WINDOWS 7 CLEAN INSTALL (by G75VX WINDOWS 8 CLEAN INSTALL (by SSD: FIXING 4K CLUSTER MISALIGNMENT (by Bypass key input in Windows 8 install, DVD (by RAID-0 Dual-Boot WIndows and Linux (by OTHER NOTES:

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