How quick can you factory restore an Asus Eee PC

[zejo14]

Thanks allot man!

[CharlesYong8989]

does it work to my a53s notebook?

[c0ssu1]

wtf? my 4g asus ee pc does not have "boot booster" only quiq boot and i disabled both but still , f9 does nothing , help?

[opintainho]

WORKED!! THANKS!!!

[seal3081]

hey every time a start my ebox it puts me on to a recover cd/dvd popup with a blue background

and it keeps making me recover a ghost on to the eeebox and this doesn't really do anything can anyone help?

[jeonady]

thanks very helpful

[Brazileirinha24]

nor f9 neither f2 works for my ASUS Eee PC :(

[iwanfishz9]

Guys , i need some help

I just got a Asus laptop yesterday and it was working fine until now.

left it on for abit before i when back to login my profile.

And now my laptop is just fucking stuck at the windows premium background.

Nothing else appear , no taskbar , desktop icons , nothing.

i tried to restart but it would not work.

it just gave me a fucking resuming windows text and freezed up with the windows premium

background.

[iwanfishz9]

@iwanfishz9 NVM I am an idiot.

did not realise how to restart a laptop until a moments ago.

everything running fine now.

[BluCalhoun]

I've been restoring my ASUS K53SV-XR1 for the past 35 minutes. If only there weren't so much bloat ware...

[haseb04]

thank u soooooooooooo much 4 dis........:)

[azas92]

i dont get the screen at 1'26 , do you know whats may be wrong ?



[brazilian91]

He's hot. Just saying!

[thewolfez]

i don't have a boot section.....and grub installer fucked up my system.....now i only get error 15 message !!! help me out plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[caitfoom]

Thanks a lot. I recently set and then immediately forgot a password for my EeePC. I can't believe how fast and easy this was! 

[MrJannu]

very very useful.....kevin...ur a legend

i did with Eee ps 900 and it doesnt even have a disc drive

[MrJannu]

very very useful.....kevin...ur a legend

[PaybackMusick]

THANK YOU,,,the f9 function did not display what you showed I have a newer model. It asked what operating system to use {windows 7 was only option). it then paused for few minutes I almost shut it off and gave up. It then asked for a language, then prompt for a factory restore. I have tried using the DVD restore creator on this computer using external DVD, it would write first DVD then half way through second it would give an error message. 10 DVD's latter I gave up. Took about 20 minutes

[looklookerlooking]

Dude,THANK YOU SO MUCH. Eee pc 900 was getting really buggy,and it was about to be tossed in the trash. I just reset it , and now its working great.

[n4mwd]

ASUS is getting dumber by the minute. Hidden partition. Sheesh. I wonder how well it works after the hard drive crashes. I just bought a new ASUS laptop today. I feel like a fool for not doing my homework first. :(

[227niclas]

it don't work on my asus N53SV

[nicekid66]

i have a eee pc and a blue screen shows ups and it says corrupt,absent or disk not writable. Duming phsical memery i need help

[MrLucky212121]

I Have A 1000HE Without A Disk Slot . . . How Can I Reset It .

[looklookerlooking]

@MrLucky212121 ,Do what he did in the video. I just rest my Eee pc 900 and it doesn't have a disc drive either.

[c1cter]

yeh right, while you're talking about how convincer is to store your data on the cloud, others are thinking about how to steal your data from the cloud. good luck and watch out for the hackers.

[rootsnlivity]

Hey Kevin,

I like how you bring up that great point at the end of the video on usage of the cloud for apps and data. I work in IT and I am always replacing harddrives for endusers and data always has to be backed up off the machine and apps have to be reinstalled on the new HD. This can take up to a day to get a new machine up and running.

[CapnSquigglepops]

It's kinda different on a eee pc 701SD and f9 isn't working for mine

[smithyboy777]

on my one, theres a password i gotta put in which i cant remember the password and im trying to factory restore it, what do i do to get round this?

[jdirtbiker]

Can someone please help me? I need to know if there is a way to reimage a computer from CMOS Setup. If u know please share i need my computer and this is the only thing I can get to

[TheEvilDaystar]

Awesome, my wife has been wanting me to do a re-install on our netbook for a while. Tested it and the restore menu started ... didn;t do it yet as she has to move files to her USB HDD.

Thanks for the tutorial.

[ImLovingStarbucks]

oh my gosh...thank you so much! my laptop has been broken since christmas..you just made my day...seriously...THANK YOU!!!!! <3

[prelude2005]

If you delete all your recovery partitions during lets say a Linux install, is there a way to restore it back still?

[changospank1]

is there anyway i can restore all my files and recover windows?

[seamusmolloy]

i deleted all my recovery partitions, LIKE A BOSS!, but problem is now i have error 17 and no recovery discs or patitions. Can i make it work again ?

[mile123na]

It doesnt work the f9 is not workin heeelp

[TheDonutsNCheese]

@mile123na try hitting f2. then go to advanced tab and turn off boot booster. then shut down and hit f9 when it comes back up. then you hit recovery.

[gateandara]

Thanks a lot, this was a great help!

[IHavezSwagg]

Lullulove2 i have the same problem

[maiburn01]

will this delete everything saved on my pc?

[TheBigstef771]

@maiburn01 yes

[valeriofamily]

@maiburn01 yes, if you really need certain files you should save them on a usb flash drive.

[Yno909]

@mcwhere thanks a bunch

[Lullulove2]

I have an ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU(royal blue)seashell Netbook and I have a black screen problem with an upper left corner dash_...I tried F9 it did not help..even after I tuned boot booster off.What should I do?It does not boot correctly nor recover.Someone please be so kind enough to help me out- I'm confused and somewhat netbook problem illiterate.

[TheSpartanrome]

what a fag

[BranmasterG]

Thank you so much!:)

[Marychen91207]

Farstone@DriveClone offers backup & recovery

[lilvietmd]

THANK YOU! You saved my laptop. :D

[TheRealWorldwide]

Thanks a lot bro, worked on mine

[ShaneNL69]

BOOTMGR is missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! repair does not work and formatting and fresh install don't work either!!!!!!!!

[michalol1233]

thank you so much

[jimini34]

Great Info. Nice hat!

[dizzydiggy98]

Does anyone know how to restore a EeePc Netbook (Windows XP) without disks or USB drives? The model is 701SD. Please reply :(

[CantSpeallRite]

thanks I really needed to do this because my wife's computer got "ms tool virus removal",, the most stupidest virus ever invented.

[shuman49]

hi! sorry to say I tried ur way but my f9 key doesn't work even I couldn't find boot booster. when I entered on boot section there appears:

Boot Device Priority

Boot Setting Configuration

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM (Disabled)

so what should I do from here now? could u give me any helpful idea pleas.

Another1 problem- my windows in Greek language but I want to change it in English. so is it possible simply? please dear if u can, help me.

[anignatupz]

it's not working for 701 model.

when tapping F9, it just continue on windows.

i also tried F2, there is no boot booster option.

any idea?



[veggenskrikk]

If I changed the OS and wanted get back to the default, would this still help?

[mahalnirenz]

f9 is not working? is thre any pasible way to restore my eee to the factory setting with oud using external dvd drive??

" i have a CD @ asus to my eee... the file are copied to my usb... how can i use or to run the file on my usb?"

[786SIA]

hoping that some one can help!

i was in the process of installing windows 7 "lite" on a asus eee pc 701 & in the process completely formatted the SSD - in doing so i accidentally deleted the hidden partition

now i'm unable to access to the BIOS - nor can i install windows 7 because it can't locate the drive - does anyone know of a fix for this

P.S i'm currently downloading a system restore ISO. file in the hope that this will repartition that SSD back to it's original state............HOPEFULLY!

[jnnycliff]

i'm only use my Eee on skype and check emails sometime. that's all i need. and I served me wells. love it

[Joshy51112]

my eepc will not connect to the internet it says theres something wrong with the winsock provider catalog. tried fixing it with network diagnostic but didnt work neither did system recovery or repair wireless connection.

[emberoze]

i got it to work but it doesnt work it loads script but still boots up to the ssd were i have a missing partition grub rescue any one know how to fix this i also cant create a partition using usb w7 install says cannot create partion blah blah chekc log files?

[mcwhere]

@scootsie119 Did you follow Daibando's very thorough walk through? Do you also have a 1005ha? Which part is not working for you?

[quinillo94]

I dont recommend to format youŕe eee pc with the recovery partition beacause it only delet datas difetents to the system datas and then it reset the settings. But, if you use the original recovery disc it will format the hardisk and it will install the system.

[nilo1987]

F9 doesn't work on my Asus eee pc 4g. I go to the bios but I didn't see the boot booster too... please can anyone suggest a solution to restore my asus.

[quinillo94]

@nilo1987 Try to use you're recovery disk. If not try with another key.

[inzunza55]

thanks i work with f9

[bsgil]

Hi do you know how to factory restore asus eee pc with xp rather than Linux build? Can't get to bios and software slowly disappearing to pretty soon another piece of junk :( Help please before I squeal EEEEEE

Thanks.

[daibando510]

Nice post. My Eee 1005HA wasn't starting either. I was getting these types of errors when i tried to start:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partiio­n(1)windows\system32\drivers

The fix:

Turn off computer

Turn on computer, tap F2 quickly (like, 3 times a second) while starting up.

Enter the BIOS Setup Utility

Use right arrow key to move to BOOT tab

Down arrow to Boot Booster (default is "Enabled"). Press Enter, Change to "Disabled". Save changes

Start up again, pressing F9, and follow instructions.

[ChrissyDee2]

@daibando510 Thank you soo much!

[TheoneFreeCakePro]

@daibando510 its not working for me please some one help!

[mcwhere]

For everyone that can't f9 to work. Try using f2 (on a 1005ha, may vary with model) to get into bios, turn off boot booster under boot section. Then try f9 during post. That's how I got it to work on mine.

[parrymania]

@mcwhere Worked for me thank you

[scootsie119]

@mcwhere that still doesnt work for me

[bocskai98]

@mcwhere

hi there

I disabled boot booster and express gate also, but I had issues due to an external dvd drive that was connected.

then I read what you wrote and tried it again without the drive and IT WORKED!

thanks!

[PeaceLoveDramaFreak]

@mcwhere hi i have a question f9 did not do anything to my computer and i have a eeepc 1005hab netbook so how do i factory reset for that? like after i turn off boot booster do i restart the computer ? then press f9 again or what ?

[SystemOfTheKnot]

@mcwhere Ok So I Did That, And Then I Did F9. The Menu That Pops Up (Before And After Boot Booster) The Menu I Get Says.... GNU GRUB version 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3

Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6. 38-8-generic

Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6. 38-8-generic (recovery mode)

Previous Linux versions

Memory test (memtest86+)

Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)

Windows 7 (loader) (on / dev/sda1)

none of these options let me factory restore or reboot.

[mcwhere]

@SystemOfTheKnot Do you have the factory restore partition on your drive? Did you repartition when you installed Linux?

[elando24]

thanks for the video !

[1ndev]

i just realized why am i watching this?

[Peterjamestrainor]

Hey this video helped but I had the same problem with F9 not working. What worked for me was to press TAB to get the BIOS screen up and then pressed F9 during the half-second that the BIOS screen appeared.

Also you can only get the BIOS screen to appear as soon as you load up so you need to be quick.

After that I did everything like the vid

[jkkerrison]

woked for a while but then it stopped working

F9 Dont work on 1001ha

[jonathan0220]

Works Perfect! Thank you!!!

[saschiver]

does this work for password removal, ive forgot what i just feckin typed. grrrr

[fuzzjunky]

this didn't work for me

[JenCangemi]

ok so i have a eee pc 1201HAB & when my computer loads it says "windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt " /WINDOWS\system32\CONFIG\syste­m " & it says i can repair it by putting in a cd rom , but ym laptop never came with one & it does not have a cd slot. HELPPP?

[SeonhwaDaDiscPriest]

my f9 doesn't work either how can i system restore it, i need help please

[argenis365]

thank you sir



[ieatwatermelon15]

BEST VIDEO EVER. THANKS !!!

[trufiend138]

certain models (the ones that came w/ restore disk?) dont have F9 restore function....

[guest2424]

Flash Thumb Drives, SD Cards, SDHC cards :) You could have a handful of 8 gig micro SDHC cards and a micro to standard adapter.

Today I looked and prices I can find online for micro SD with adapters: ~$7 for 2gig, $10 for 4gig, ~$15 for 8gig and their multipurpose.

[dgroyer]

I have XP on my Asus eee so if i do this I will have linux again

[JAKE6811]

thanks big help i thought i was screwed since the manual doesnt say jack shit

[CyanideV]

i have an asus 901 and f9 doesnt work

[skilpure7]

Hi im using an Asus Eee pc 1005HA and everytime i do the F9 thing it only says windows 7 and something else but then i tried the F2 way and still nothing Need HELP!! asap

[templedigital]

This video worked with my Eee PC Windows XP. The F9 was the mucho bueno top secret keystrokalicious that just helped a KRACKA dial in a customers PC here in P-Town; Palmyra Wisconsin. Owner of Palmyra Business Center: Thank you -Mike.

[Alauz]

Not everyone reads the manual or have misplaced it some how. To have this up as a video is a god send. You may have just helped my friend get his Asus eee pc back up and running again.

Thanks!

[zAjitha27]

wow thank u so much ^_^

[1Jinxed1]

haha awesome thanks!! just reset my 701sd to defaults.

[UKidoser]

Wow, you can really read the instruction manual well! BORING!

[xXxERICxXx8]

thank god for this video, my internet explorer crashed so did world of warcraft and some of my steam games....

[MrsBlue29]

i have the 1000 eee pc and the f9 Does NOT WORK.. please help!!!

[addsers]

@MrsBlue29 My advise is either: 1. Rebopot and tap F9 or

2. hold F2, press F2, press Esc and then tap F9 

[tannecy]

you have just saved me a couple of hours of my life having to hunt down a cd rom.

- I dont really care about the data coz i want to purge them anyway before i give the netbook to my little bro... so Thanks! you are a life (hours of it!) saver!

[noboono]

THANKS MAN !

[eddybiker06]

THANKS FOR THAT MATE YOUR A STAR!

[kurnx]

I have to say that my eePC was some of the best money I've ever spent, I opted for the 160gig HD though....still the factory restore is nice and quick, whenever I start showing any signs of a slow down on the thing I put everything I wanna keep on the secondary partition and restore it and it works like it's straight out of the box again.

[xtel78]

Thank you so much this helped to reset password.

[lowtone10]

I am waiting for my seccond hand eeepc with ubuntu on. could i still sue this partition to put xandros back on (i dont have the disk)

[lowtone10]

so does this mean you can't use all 4gb of the SSD?

[pubhome88]

i just watched this video, because i had the lsass.exe error on my computer, and it was just plain awesome how this worked! i thank you so much for this, i spent three days fixing it and nothing worked, no cds no flash drives or anything, this was awesome! thanks sooo much, it literally took me 3 minutes! thank u thank u thank u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!! ugh, eee pc can be a pain, and the awesome thing is i have eee pc seashell, thank u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iJigglypuff]

this doesnt work on the 1000h, only the later models. Useless to us others who have the 1000h

[dlbenni]

Wow - we spent hours on our Eee PC and watched your video. Got it restored in 5 mins flat. You rock!!!

[TraceguyRune]

I press F9 and it says "Recovery Selected" but then I just boots up my computer with everything still there.

I have Asus EEE 1000HE (Windows XP)

[matronx]

Tnx i was trying to find the restore key stroke for an asuse. In our shop we have a cheat sheet for all brands except asus. F9 seems to be the correct key on ours as well.

[MasterTubing]

Very cool! You can do the same with the Windows equipped Eeepc netbooks using a hard drive, same principle applies except you must first hit F2 upon power up to access the BIOS and disable the BOOT BOOSTER before proceeding to factory reset the system.

[mmeaole1]

for some reason I can't login on my asus pc.someone changed the password on my ubuntu. So I can't login. Can anyone help me please?? I have tried other videos and none of them work. Hhhheeeellllpppp meeee pls! Thx

[oDrSofto]

@mmeaole1 reboot safe mode loggin admin ?

[justruckit]

OH GOD YOU DID IT! thank you!

Marry me?

[boreelke]

bedankt, hij werkt weer. tnx it works again

[inetwiz]

Amazing.. Thankyou soo much Kevin.. Work fine on EEEPC 4G LINUX.

!uP, uP

[ducky07]

lol .. its great because it uses linux!!! :-p..

[MTLbigJ]

wow thats frikin quick.....i expected linux to be fast but wow

[leblanct4121]

I was completely unaware of this utility. I was having some issues with my wireless card among other things.

And, I do have extensive technology experience.

Awesome!!!!

[Boogeymany]

My asus x50sl came with 2 particion with 193 gb in the first one and 93 on the other. its says 93,0GB free of 93.1GB where have the 100 mb gone?! O.o There's nothing there .. So is that the hidden particion :S?

[monkeytrident]

If F9 does not work for you then download the .ISO, p.s why use this when you can use a full OS like Windows XP ?

[IPODMATEROF2009]

Hey dude...THANKS SOOO MUCH!!

it worked..:)

[babsgrimmy72]

Try shift f9 that worked for me

[littlemissprissdeb]

I have a asus Eeepc 900HD...I am trying to restore it to factory settings.... i got the blue screen of death! Every time i try system restore it asks me to pick a date. Every date I pick is rejected. I cant get the f9 button to work either! HELPPPPPPPPPPPP

[emmanuelkir]

Does not work on eee 1008ha seashell. My pc is now stuck, wat a waste of money!

[Ireg2post1]

F9 DOES NOT WORK ON MINE

[endlessbeast]

@Ireg2post1

i have the same problem, not print on screen with F9 ....

i can help me¿?

[jenglesr]

@Ireg2post1

For everyone having the problem of the F9 key not working. Try hitting the esc key on boot up and then selecting the boot device.

[ChrisOverg]

@Ireg2post1 Try f8 that's the most common.

[mavrospit0]

@Ireg2post1

Try Alt+F2

Disable "Quiet Boot" from Bios and you will be able to see the correct key combination on the first loading screen (an Option for Asus Flash). For mine it was Alt+F2.

[dmc081]

i have one it's a really good laptop for on the go only

[jsechser6]

You just helped me solve my EEEpc problems, Kevin. Thanks!

[RiseNShineProduction]

yo mine doesnt go to that screen when i hit F9, i tried tapping it and holding it. What's wrong with it?

[hUX400]

i have the same problem. rather going to make a bootable recovery usb stick...:)

[RiseNShineProduction]

yea i tried that, didnt work for me, instead i bought the external cd drive for 10 dollars no shipping on ebay.

[quinillo94]

And what happens if you want to do this but you are using the factory Operating Syatemm and you want to install Windows XP?

[borgig]

Great vid Kev. Very useful. I agree a factory restore in less then 1 min.30secs. Awesome

[WOAHMASi]

O_O

Sooo, if you restore to factory settings would all changes to your registry/virus/malware disappear when you reset it?

[bnadph123]

yes thats what its for

[curikoe]

many many thanks my wife send to the trash the inst.

bye

[Neutral666]

I bought an ASUS eee PC 1005HA. What the hell is with these things ??? After literally 1 hour of taking it out of its new box I and turning it on I got the biggest fucking virus ever. Support sucked and that whole factory restoring on a drive thing didnt work, i would press F9 over and over never worked. Had to buy external drive blablabla. I only use this to ocassionaly chat on msn or use a small midi music program. Today for no reason at all windows wouldnt boot up.. what the fuck ?? seriously

[Kin632]

Did you even have an antivirus?

[rownu]

I don't have that option anymore... what can i do?

[BBStorm95]

Thank you so much. I have been searching everywhere for an answer to my problem with my netbook. I tried this and it worked. Thanks Again.

-Trey Johnson

[Blackgama]

Thank You very much dude! it really works

[treehugger165]

i can't get my computer to do that!

[JillisTerHove]

You are absolutely right! I had an infection of virut and nothing could clean it.. this option made it possible to actually get it off my system! Great feature..

[vandax123]

hey...when i press f9

nothing happens... what can i do?

please help me...

[dattebayoichi]

If you hold it down the entire time, it will go into the boot menu. Just tapping it didn't work for me either

[TheMythicafairy]

Just got one of these second hand and came with no user name or password when i wipe it will i just put in new details.

[Blacksabbathfan123]

i put windows on there and its really REALLy slow and i press f9 at the beginning of startup thing i know i did it roght and then it didnts how restore factory settings it shows start windows normally and all that weird stuff :-\

[thienimon]

Awesome, thx for the video mate...big help~

[Kefiafusu]

my asus eee pc 4g doesn't go to that screen during bootup. help?

[Kefiafusu]

nvm, i found out mines is with xp. i don't got the support dvd though, anyone got dl link?

[x100gr]

Hirens Boot *USB* & Ghost 11.5 is also the secure way to backup eeePC . I trusted Acronis but failed to make a descent restore !. Acronis sucks .

[x100gr]

I did it ...

YES I DID IT !!!!

I made a Hiren's Boot USB stick (search Google for how-to) , and then I copy Eeepc.gho file (from DVD , 'Recovery' folder) .

Then I choose Ghost 11.5 (no other option , no USB , no network) .

Then I select the .gho from USB stick)

it takes about 12 secs .

[DrDebian]

you saved my day! Windows screwed up and no user where add'ed,

[MaaartenB]

I screwed up my EEE by adding some repositories, but it's up and running once more. Thanks man!

[hondaeuror2003]

thanks man !!!

[ozzybooo]

how do u do it i have an asus eee pc 701sd windows xp plz help

[riseagainst8090]

Thank you so much for this, my eee pc was totally fubar'd and i lost the restore disc so this seriously saved my ass

[robbo1803]

Fukin legend... cheers for the help.

[sanjose21ca]

sorry but almost every computer comes with this hidden recovery parition

[tallgye1224]

OK!!! you are a dumm ass that trick on the support and on our eeepc forums you ass hole

[avlskarl]

Thanx - what a life saver :-) I had problems getting rid of the Kwallet function on my wifes Eee PC - this solution worked as quick as in the video

[bobski1992]

So by doing this it will completely reformat your eee pc instead of using the DVDs??

Ohh and what model is this one??

Thanks.

[DrewEl2]

Thanks so much....!!!!

[ashfaqjuna]

Very Useful.. thanks

[buzzbuzz44]

can we reset it back after installing Win XP?

does the hidden partition survived XP installation?

[sanewave]

thanks!!!!

[MusashiDJ]

Now i have one more motivation to buy this little guy soon!

A+ thank you for this