Zyratastic Windows 8 factory reset log
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This is the complete log for the factory reset procedure on the ASUS N550JV (Zyratastic) using the pre-installed restore partition available on the hard drive.
- Prerequisites
- The Restore partition (Volume 5, NTFS, 20GB) is present and unmodified.
- The Recovery partition (Volume 4, NTFS, 900MB) is present and unmodified.
- Recovery and restore partition present
- GPT identical to factory setting, except for
- the windows OS (C:): not moved, but possibly resized
- the windows DATA (D:): can be moved right after C: and resized.
- Procedure
- Launch command prompt via Windows 8 recovery drive (usb stick)
- Reset and format the EFI (label
SYSTEM) and WINDOWS (labelOS) partitions usingdiskpart.exe:
diskpart
# Microsoft DiskPart version 6.3.9600
#
# Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
# On computer: MININT-LGVR6G1
- In diskpart:
sel disk 0
list vol
# Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
# ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
# Volume 0 F DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
# Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 188 GB Healthy
# Volume 2 D DATA NTFS Partition 180 GB Healthy
# Volume 3 SYSTEM FAT32 Partition 300 MB Healthy Hidden
# Volume 4 Recovery NTFS Partition 900 MB Healthy Hidden
# Volume 5 Restore NTFS Partition 20 GB Healthy Hidden
# Volume 6 E RECOVERY FAT32 Removable 960 MB Healthy
# Volume 7 G NXP FAT Removable 249 MB Healthy
sel vol 3
format quick fs=fat32 label=SYSTEM
assign letter s
sel vol 1
format quick fs=ntfs label=OS
assign letter c
sel vol 4
assign letter t
# Optionally, set again id and attributes. Should not be necessary.
# set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
# gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
sel vol 5
assign letter r
# Optionally, set again id and attributes. Should not be necessary.
# set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
# gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
list vol
# Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
# ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
# Volume 0 F DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
# Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 188 GB Healthy
# Volume 2 D DATA NTFS Partition 180 GB Healthy
# Volume 3 S SYSTEM FAT32 Partition 300 MB Healthy Hidden
# Volume 4 T Recovery NTFS Partition 900 MB Healthy Hidden
#* Volume 5 R Restore NTFS Partition 20 GB Healthy Hidden
# Volume 6 E RECOVERY FAT32 Removable 960 MB Healthy
# Volume 7 G NXP FAT Removable 249 MB Healthy
exit
- Apply the factory image from the Restore partition, rebuild the EFI partition (BCD), and set some windows restore hooks:
dism /apply-image /imagefile:r:\RecoveryImage\Install.wim /index=2 /applydir:c:\
# Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
# Version: 6.3.9600.16384
#
# Applying image
# [==========================100.0%==========================]
# The operation completed successfully.
# Optional (not done because image was already present and same size, so likely identical)
# md T:\Recovery\WindowsRE
# copy C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim T:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /l fr-FR /f ALL
# Boot files successfully created.
bcdedit
# Windows Boot Manager
# --------------------
# identifier {bootmgr}
# device partition=S:
# path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
# description Windows Boot Manager
# locale fr-FR
# inherit {globalsettings}
# default {default}
# resumeobject {26accdf9-09ef-11e4-8849-9baf0a666ddf}
# displayorder {default}
# toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
# timeout 30
#
# Windows Boot Loader
# -------------------
# identifier {default}
# device partition=C:
# path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
# description Windows 8
# locale fr-FR
# inherit {bootloadersettings}
# isolatedcontext Yes
# allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
# osdevice partition=C:
# systemroot \Windows
# resumeobject {26accdf9-09ef-11e4-8849-9baf0a666ddf}
# nx OptIn
# bootmenupolicy Standard
# detecthal Yes
bcdedit /export s:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD.001
dir
# Volume in drive S is SYSTEM
# Volume Serial Number is 98DD-3C53
#
# Directory of S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot
#
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> .
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> ..
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> bg-BG
# 27/06/2012 02:05 4,186 boot.stl
# 26/04/2013 07:13 1,354,472 bootmgfw.efi
# 26/04/2013 07:13 1,350,888 bootmgr.efi
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> cs-CZ
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> da-DK
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> de-DE
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> el-GR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> en-GB
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> en-US
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> es-ES
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> et-EE
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> fi-FI
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> fr-FR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> hr-HR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> hu-HU
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> it-IT
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> ja-JP
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> ko-KR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> lt-LT
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> lv-LV
# 26/07/2012 04:57 1,263,856 memtest.efi
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> nb-NO
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> nl-NL
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> pl-PL
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> pt-BR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> pt-PT
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> qps-ploc
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> ro-RO
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> ru-RU
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> sk-SK
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> sl-SI
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> sr-Latn-CS
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> sv-SE
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> tr-TR
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> uk-UA
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> zh-CN
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> zh-HK
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> zh-TW
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> Fonts
# 12/07/2014 18:05 <DIR> Resources
# 12/07/2014 18:25 24,576 BCD
# 12/07/2014 18:25 24,576 BCD.001
# 6 File(s) 4,022,554 bytes
# 39 Dir(s) 265,740,288 bytes free
bcdedit /import BCD /clean
# The operation completed successfully.
c:\windows\system32\ReAgentc.exe /setosimage /path R:\RecoveryImage /target C:\Windows /index 2
# Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition6\RecoveryImage
#
# REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
c:\windows\system32\ReAgentc.exe /setreimage /path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
# Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition2\Recovery\WindowsRE
#
# REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.