Repair Your Computer & AI Recovery doesn't work after Did Factory Recovery by DVD

[Deocharlesc]

Hi to all ROG members,

I'm new here and hope i will get answers from the forum regarding the above mentioned problem. I couldn't find anyone post the same problem in the forum so let me start this thread.

I just bought Gaming Series G55VW about 2 weeks ago and as a precaution act I did made FACTORY RECOVERY DISKS through AI RECOVERY BURNER. I made 3 copies of them, which mean 5 dvd times 3 ( to prevent any unexpected causes such as corrupted files during burn. ) The "Repair Your Computer" boot menu from F8 key does good to recover the whole computer. However I couldn't depend on F8 Keys forever as I might change a new hard disk in the future. So to ensure the copies were safe to keep for future recovery, I tested them...

After I recover the system by running the FACTORY RECOVERY using those DVDs, windows has errors to boot. ( see uploaded image below )



When I restart the notebook i get the following error ( see uploaded image below )



When I check the boot menu, I only get to see my DVD/Blueray Drive. Hard Disk is not listed. ( see uploaded image below )



However based on a hard disk managing software I used to inspect the partition and properties, they are nicely done ( see uploaded image below )



But if you watch properly, the OS partition seems empty. Only about 100mb space is used and the Recovery Partition is there. I suppose the Recovery Partition could be revive but the F8 cannot show up "REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER" option due to corrupt windows boot up.

I tested 3 copies of the DVDs created and they all give the same result. I am certainly sure now that my DVDs are all cool ( no corrupt files during burn ), I would blame the AI RECOVERY doesn't do professional enough to ensure the process of restoring FACTORY DEFAULTS thru DVDs as easy as "Repair Your Computer" thru F8 key.

What I really need now is to get the DVD Factory Recovery work. May I ask extra tasks I should perform to make windows start again? Anyone in Asus can provide this support? Thanks in advance. I think Asus technical support should review the AI RECOVERY BURNER for G55VW and see if this happens to all their G55VW Machines when recover with DVDs.

[rewben]

ah.. that's why you need that 500gb hdd, upgrade the AI Recovery, and get another set of the recovery DVD's. i really don't know if the recovery DVDs from a non-ROG laptop can be used to do that (restore is one thing, whether the OS runs or not is another).

actually, why don't you do a fresh install? it's kind of a better option imo. i seldom face system issues because i did that since the first week i had my laptop (in fact i should say almost no problem at all).

[rewben]

i asked that because maybe you already had that in your laptop. alternatively, you can try this one.

[slogue77]

rewben wrote:
i asked that because maybe you already had that in your laptop. alternatively, you can try this one.

Cheers mate , i make a recovery disc and reformat it now .... THX!!!

[rewben]

good luck 🙂

[Pitcher1]

hi, you mean it is no function when you use AI recover utility to make recover DVD? did you have try connect usb DVD to try it?

[ssinha]

So is there a solution?

[Clintlgm]

ssinha wrote:
So is there a solution?

Just a wild guess, hybrid drives are already Raided SSD to Hard drive, so you would be trying to raid a raid? I don't really know the answer this is a quite old thread so perhaps no one else knew the answer either. Several Poster here have had raid set up successfully.