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09-16-2014, 10:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2014, 09:33 AM by Britec.)
Hi,
I have a problem, I did the windows 8.1 update on a Asus Laptop with no DVD drive. So, when it boots back up there is no recovery drive or EFI drive listed with a drive name. I can see the drives in disk management but, disk management isn't allowing me to assign a dive letter to the recovery drives. Now, I know I can assign the drive letters to those drives using disk part if I remember but, I could use some help so, I can preform a refresh on this laptop.
If I try the refresh either in safe mode or, in the OS I get cannot find recovery drive. I so... hate windows 8! Let's hope windows 9 is better.
Thanks.
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Hi,
Did you update it via the store?
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09-17-2014, 05:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-17-2014, 06:16 AM by TopFreeware.)
To reset to factory conditions, F9, Troubleshoot then reset.
Can you post a screenshot of your computer management window please.
Type "diskmgmt.msc" in search box from start orb and press enter
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There should be an easier way. I'll give it a try but, tonight I'm going to clone the HD with Easygig and then I'll give it a shot. I was thinking though, if I take out the hard drive and plug it into my desktop shouldn't I be able to assign drive letters to those partitions? I'll try both and let you know if I can get them to work.
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I'm working on it today, so is there a reason for the windows 8 up grade to 8.1 that causes this?
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Okay, I managed to get a copy of the recovery drive from the hard drive of that Asus by taking the Hard drive out then using NTFS Get Data Back I was able to copy it to a flash drive. I also made a backup of the files I needed to save like pictures and documents. It took forever and I had to walk away from my desktop several times... Now my desktop does not want to recognize my 3.0 flash drive and if I plug a hard drive into my computer with an Apricorn adapter my desktop will not let me use file explorer to look at the drive. Oh, I was so ready to kick whomever wrote windows 8.1 in their special place! I got that problem temporarily fixed by doing a refresh on windows 8.1.
Now, I just need to see if the backup I copied will fix the problem without having to go through the whole process. Oh, and I could not change the partitions of the Asus hard drive using my desktop. So, that answered that question.
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How are you going with this?
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