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I have a Windows 8.1 Asus UX303LA laptop up-to-date on all updates. If I do a shift + restart, it goes to a "Choose Options" screen that includes "Continue", "Use a Device", Troubleshoot" and "Turn Off". If I select "Troubleshoot", the options are, "UEFI Firmware" and "Startup Settings". There are no options for repair, reset or restore.
I recently changed the 128 GB ssd for a 250 GB ssd. I first cloned the 128 GB ssd to the 250 GB ssd using Macrium Reflect. Then I had a local repair center remove the 128 GB ssd and install the new 250 GB ssd. Everything worked as expected. The laptop booted to Windows 8.1 with no issues. As expected, all of the partitions were the same size as the original 128 GB ssd, with the rest of the 250 GB ssd as un-allocated space. There was a 20 GB partition labeled "Restore" following the "OS (C)" partition, then the un-allocated space. I then moved the "Restore" partition to the end of the space, then resized the "OS (C)" to utilize the free space.
Everything appears to work perfectly, except for the lack of repair, reset or restore options. Can anyone explain what happened? I am guessing that somehow, installing a new larger ssd has caused the problem. Is there any way to "fix" the problem so that the new ssd has all of the recovery options? I did make a Macrium rescue CD and a backup image of the original ssd and also one of the new ssd, so I have a way to recover from an ssd failure, but it would be nice to restore the system to factory conditions if I ever decided to sell the laptop.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks, Jim
I recently changed the 128 GB ssd for a 250 GB ssd. I first cloned the 128 GB ssd to the 250 GB ssd using Macrium Reflect. Then I had a local repair center remove the 128 GB ssd and install the new 250 GB ssd. Everything worked as expected. The laptop booted to Windows 8.1 with no issues. As expected, all of the partitions were the same size as the original 128 GB ssd, with the rest of the 250 GB ssd as un-allocated space. There was a 20 GB partition labeled "Restore" following the "OS (C)" partition, then the un-allocated space. I then moved the "Restore" partition to the end of the space, then resized the "OS (C)" to utilize the free space.
Everything appears to work perfectly, except for the lack of repair, reset or restore options. Can anyone explain what happened? I am guessing that somehow, installing a new larger ssd has caused the problem. Is there any way to "fix" the problem so that the new ssd has all of the recovery options? I did make a Macrium rescue CD and a backup image of the original ssd and also one of the new ssd, so I have a way to recover from an ssd failure, but it would be nice to restore the system to factory conditions if I ever decided to sell the laptop.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks, Jim
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I have some additional information to share. I have a Yoga 11s Haswell laptop. A few months ago, I upgraded memory to 8 GB and the ssd to 256 GB. After the problem I had with Asus, I checked the Yoga for recovery options. I found the same problem I had with the Asus, no recovery options! And even worse, using a backup I had did not solve the problem as it did with the Asus. I called Lenovo Tech Support and they agreed to send me a recovery CD with a three business day delivery. But, I still tried to think of a way to "fix" the problem. I tried a few things, then stumbled onto a very simple "fix". I simply used Paragon Partition Manager 2014 (Free) to assign drive letters to the two recovery partitions. Believe it or not, the recovery options are now all available. And I removed the drive letters and the recovery options are still there!
I checked the partition information prior to my "fix" and the partitions showed as "raw" , just like the Asus. And Windows Disk Manager listed the partitions, but would not allow any operations on the partitions. And if a remember correctly, Paragon Hard Drive Manager 2012 would not allow any operations on the "raw" partitions either.
Anyway, I hope this information may be of help to anyone having the same issue.
Thanks, Jim
I checked the partition information prior to my "fix" and the partitions showed as "raw" , just like the Asus. And Windows Disk Manager listed the partitions, but would not allow any operations on the partitions. And if a remember correctly, Paragon Hard Drive Manager 2012 would not allow any operations on the "raw" partitions either.
Anyway, I hope this information may be of help to anyone having the same issue.
Thanks, Jim
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