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Factory restore Asus Eee PC 900 HD

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KOkCiineL -  
Hello,

I have an Asus Eee PC 900 HD netbook running Windows XP.
I would like to restore it to factory settings because it is slow.

I tried to start it by pressing F9, but nothing happens; Windows starts up.

I browsed some forums and followed this tutorial: https://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/19681-restaurer-un-netbook-asus-a-son-etat-d-origine#q=restaurer+eeepc+asus&cur=1&url=%2F.
The first step went fine, but for the second one, when I press F9, I get this: "Windows failed to start... Safe Mode with and without networking, etc..."

I forgot to mention that I have no reinstallation CD.

Can you help me?

Thank you.

9 answers

  1.  cristali
    Hello, since your computer is running XP, it's not certain that it has a recovery partition. To find out, post a screenshot of the disk management on the forum.
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    1. KOkCiineL Author
      So there are 3:

      - Partition / Primary / Healthy (EFI system partition) 31 MB

      - C: / Partition / Primary / NTFS / Healthy (System) 80.02 GB

      - D: / Partition / Primary / NTFS / Healthy / 69 GB
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      1. Anonymous user
        Hi

        It's normal that nothing is happening; there is no system recovery partition on this hard drive...
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      2. KOkCiineL Author
        So basically, I can't do a "factory" reset?!
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      3. Anonymous user
        In principle, you should have had at least the method to obtain/create this "factory restore" with the PC... But for that, you need to check the manual, right...?
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      4. KOkCiineL Author
        One must still have it in their possession...
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      5. Anonymous user
        Just download it from the brand's support website ^^
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    2. cristali
      If that's all there is, you don't have a recovery partition; to reinstall, you will need a Windows XP CD.
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      1. KOkCiineL Author
        I'm done for! =/

        Thanks anyway! =)

        Just one more question: is there software to "erase" all the data from the PC? Because it's very slow.
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        2. cristali
          To clean up, you can use ccleaner, but I'm not sure it will change much.
          Otherwise, here are 2 tutorials to recreate your XP CD, in video and text. If you're not very familiar with it, try to check with someone who knows a bit about it; it doesn't seem too complicated.

          https://vimeo.com/865271

          https://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/5033-windows-xp-recreer-son-cd-original-pc-grande-marque
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          1. KOkCiineL Author
            Thank you very much for all this information!
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            1. cristali
              You're welcome, take care.
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          2. KOkCiineL Author
            Can you tell me how to do it? Because I'm not a computer expert =/ Thank you.
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            1. cristali
              to access "disk management"

              start
              right-click on "computer"
              manage
              disk management

              tell me what is written as partition.

              letter and capacity
              in fact, a recovery partition is between 5 and 20 GB and has no letter.
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              1. samsam
                Hello !!

                I would also like to restore my computer (I suspect viruses or malicious stuff, despite all the scans I've been able to perform). I followed what you said, can you tell me if I have a recovery partition among those listed below, please? And if it is there, can I restore my computer directly without a USB drive, without a CD (anyway I don’t have a CD port), or anything else?

                - Partition / Basic / Healthy (EFI system partition) 47 MB

                - C: / Partition / Basic / NTFS / Healthy (System) 82.82 GB

                - D: / Partition / Basic / NTFS / Healthy / 61.29 GB

                - PE / Partition / Basic / FAT32 / Healthy (Unknown partition) / 4.88 GB

                Thank you in advance!
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