"Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:

>So where is the button and opening for the DVD player? ;-)

It's down at your local electronics store, just over from where you
bought your EEE... ;)

"Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:

>So where is the button and opening for the DVD player? ;-)

It's down at your local electronics store, just over from where you
bought your EEE... ;)

"AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>>...press the ESC key when the screen lights up at POST. Then you will
>>see the BIOS boot menu. And you can select the drive there.
>>[to run the recovery disk]
>
> You may need to keep *toggling* the ESC key as you turn on the PC to
> get the boot screen. On my EeePC it sometimes doesn't catch if I just
> hold down the key.

Thanks everyone.

Pete

"AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>>...press the ESC key when the screen lights up at POST. Then you will
>>see the BIOS boot menu. And you can select the drive there.
>>[to run the recovery disk]
>
> You may need to keep *toggling* the ESC key as you turn on the PC to
> get the boot screen. On my EeePC it sometimes doesn't catch if I just
> hold down the key.

Thanks everyone.

Pete

"AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>
>>I have not had much of a look at what I need to do to make a recovery disk
>>for my new 1000HA laptop, has anyone done this, any hints before I try?
>
> Look in your packing materials. The 1000HA comes with a recovery disk.

And surprisingly does nothing when you put it in the DVD drive.

Thanks.

Pete

"Chris" <g8psz@NOSPAMmailshack.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote in message
> news:49c7e4bd$0$5610$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>I have not had much of a look at what I need to do to make a recovery disk
>>for my new 1000HA laptop, has anyone done this, any hints before I try?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Pete
>>
> Try http://forum.eeeuser.com/ A wealth os Asus users experiences on there
>
> Chris

Thanks Chris, excellent resource.

Cheers.

Pete
>

In article <49c9e1eb$0$5590$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
PeteD <no@email.com> wrote:
>
>
>"AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
>news:s92gs4tq4jkva5o2u84lpre9l367bof3jg@4ax.com.. .
>> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I have not had much of a look at what I need to do to make a recovery disk
>>>for my new 1000HA laptop, has anyone done this, any hints before I try?
>>
>> Look in your packing materials. The 1000HA comes with a recovery disk.
>
>And surprisingly does nothing when you put it in the DVD drive.

You may need to set the BIOS to boot from the DVD.

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In news:gqdets$cg1$2@reader1.panix.com,
Rich Greenberg typed on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:26:04 +0000 (UTC):
> In article
> <49c9e1eb$0$5590$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, PeteD
> <no@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
>> news:s92gs4tq4jkva5o2u84lpre9l367bof3jg@4ax.com...
>>> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have not had much of a look at what I need to do to make a
>>>> recovery disk for my new 1000HA laptop, has anyone done this, any
>>>> hints before I try?
>>>
>>> Look in your packing materials. The 1000HA comes with a recovery
>>> disk.
>>
>> And surprisingly does nothing when you put it in the DVD drive.
>
> You may need to set the BIOS to boot from the DVD.

Or press the ESC key when the screen lights up at POST. Then you will
see the BIOS boot menu. And you can select the drive there. Although
this menu here doesn't remember what you selected last time. So it is
good for those rare occasions which you just want to change the boot
device occasionally. I am not sure if it works on the 1000HA too, but it
does on my Gateways and EeePC 700 series.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:

>...press the ESC key when the screen lights up at POST. Then you will
>see the BIOS boot menu. And you can select the drive there.
>[to run the recovery disk]

You may need to keep *toggling* the ESC key as you turn on the PC to
get the boot screen. On my EeePC it sometimes doesn't catch if I just
hold down the key.

"Rich Greenberg" <richgr@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <49c9e1eb$0$5590$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
> PeteD <no@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>"AJL" <nomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
>>news:s92gs4tq4jkva5o2u84lpre9l367bof3jg@4ax.com. ..
>>> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have not had much of a look at what I need to do to make a recovery
>>>>disk
>>>>for my new 1000HA laptop, has anyone done this, any hints before I try?
>>>
>>> Look in your packing materials. The 1000HA comes with a recovery disk.
>>
>>And surprisingly does nothing when you put it in the DVD drive.
>
> You may need to set the BIOS to boot from the DVD.
>

So where is the button and opening for the DVD player? ;-)

Pete