ASUS laptop with defunct keyboard and touchpad- help!

chrisgorman1

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ASUS x555la laptop. Keyboard not working. Touchpad not working. Wireless keyboard and mouse combo not working. Wired USB keyboard and mouse not working. I want to save data off laptop but Help!! Ordered a Sata to USB cable but does anyone know of bios or other boot up options to reset hardware and keep data?
 
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First check to make sure your motherboard is not bad if so many things are not working, try booting off a Linux Live disk, you can try both a USB one and a DVD to see if either boot. Then you can test the USB ports on the system to see if it's a hardware issue or software.

You will not find an option in the BIOS to re-install Windows, you either need to use the recovery partition options or boot off a setup disk.

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First check to make sure your motherboard is not bad if so many things are not working, try booting off a Linux Live disk, you can try both a USB one and a DVD to see if either boot. Then you can test the USB ports on the system to see if it's a hardware issue or software.

You will not find an option in the BIOS to re-install Windows, you either need to use the recovery partition options or boot off a setup disk.
 
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