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wiped drive. need's operating system.

So I have an ASUS laptop. My hard drive was wiped some how. A little hazy on how that happened actually, but anyway, I need to install an operating system if I intend to ever use this thing again. There is no Cd/dvd disc drive, only way I can think of is making a bootable thumb drive but I'm not sure how that would be done. Especially when the computer's completely wiped. Really confused. don't know where to start. Any help would be appreciated.

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Look up your model number online and see if there is a Function Key that you have to press to restore your computer to factory setting using the restore partition of your laptop's HDD. Since you didn't put in your write-up what your make and model I cannot look it up for you. If that doesn't work then you could use an Linux LIVE CD to boot up your system and use that.

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Brian Reeder "There is no Cd/dvd disc drive" any other ideas?

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You need to make a bootable Thumb Drive then there are instructions online. I would get a 8 or 16 Gig Thumb Drive anything more is too much. You will need a working computer to create it. Ubuntu is fine.

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