Hey there guys.....
I recently had a HD crash and had to install a new HD. Its a 350 Gig WD into a ASUS laptop.
On the origional disk I had a cleverly protected partition with the origional factory setup of VISTA on it. Should anything go wrong with the VISTA operating system then this bootable partition would come into play and do a clean install.
I also had the option of pressing F9 during booting to allow me to reinstall to factory std.
I would like to be able to have a similar setup with my new HD and Windows 7.
I have googled and found many options but nothing the way I want it. Most options explain the use of the recovery partition once wndows is loaded. I the recovery partition to run from a boot if F9 is pressed. This is the way it was and I would like to have it the same with my new setup.
I will appreciate any assistance with this at all.
Thanks in advance.
I recently had a HD crash and had to install a new HD. Its a 350 Gig WD into a ASUS laptop.
On the origional disk I had a cleverly protected partition with the origional factory setup of VISTA on it. Should anything go wrong with the VISTA operating system then this bootable partition would come into play and do a clean install.
I also had the option of pressing F9 during booting to allow me to reinstall to factory std.
I would like to be able to have a similar setup with my new HD and Windows 7.
I have googled and found many options but nothing the way I want it. Most options explain the use of the recovery partition once wndows is loaded. I the recovery partition to run from a boot if F9 is pressed. This is the way it was and I would like to have it the same with my new setup.
I will appreciate any assistance with this at all.
Thanks in advance.