03-01-2014
07:52 AM
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03-05-2024
11:36 PM
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ROGBot
03-01-2014 05:16 PM
03-01-2014 05:43 PM
03-02-2014 08:27 AM
hmscott wrote:
It is often encouraged by some to do a "clean" Windows install, from the Microsoft ISO, ignoring all the work Asus did to build an OS image specific to the hardware they designed to work together well.
I don't understand this idea myself, having done many custom image builds for clients that are optimized to the hardware and task. Being able to take that image and recreate that same tuning / install on new hardware saves so much time - no client, once happy with the build, is going to waste the time to redo all that work themselves again.
Neither should anyone with a G750 need to do a "clean" Windows install. It is a waste of time.
If you feel that you have lost control of your changes, tuning, settings, or some corruption due to a bad crash / repair is causing unexpected behavior, then you can use the Asus Recovery options to do a "Clean" Asus Windows re-installation, taking the configuration back to the original Asus Windows 8.0 - or Windows 8.1 install for new G750's.
A Clean Asus Windows Recovery is a better starting point than going all the way back to a vanilla Microsoft Windows install - everything should work the same as it was out of the box - and then you have a chance to update, install, configure again - knowing now what not to do wrong again 🙂
It is pretty rare that you should need to do a Recovery. Uninstalling, rolling back, and reinstalling should be enough.
03-02-2014 02:01 PM
reka121402 wrote:
OP, listen to hmscott on this one, he knows the G750 unit better than most.
I suggested the clean install because in the past that was my personal way on my desktops to control exactly what was installed and when. But this is a laptop and not a desktop, and if Asus offers a recovery that does the same thing it should save a great deal of time and headaches. I apologize for my misinformation before.