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Acer reinstall
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Name: booboo
Date: December 28, 2007 at 07:43:19 Pacific
Subject: Acer reinstallOS: Vista Home Pre.CPU/Ram: P4 / 640 MBModel/Manufacturer: Acer |
Comment: Hey folks, Just got my first laptop, I have been off a desktop for years and I finally caved. I have a question regarding Acer re-install process. To my knowledge they do not ship with a re-install OEM disk as do Dell's. It comes with a hidden partition that does all the "work" called PQSERVICE and is about 3GB in size. My question to all you Vista/Acer users is this: How can I do a clean install from a bootable Vista Home Premium without all the Acer junk. By this I mean create my own partitions and wipe everything off, reinstall Vista with my LEGIT serial off the botton of my notebook? Is this possible? Can I use another OEM disk without ll the junk as I have a Vista key, would it matter? Thanks, booboo (a newb in the OEM world of laptops)
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Response Number 3
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Name: booboo
Date: December 28, 2007 at 11:05:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)WebsWonder: Yeah they have a utility called Acer Recovery which creates a disk back to the factory image, will this satisfy the needs of a clean instal should i ever encounter a "laptop disaster" such as a virus etc. or even doing a routine re-format of my OS? XPUser: Thanks for that clarification. When I saw the word key, well it just registered as being a product key for my Vista OS. Conclusion: Is there any way though to strip all the acer junk off and do a clean install rather from image off a hidden partition on the HDD? Thanks again, Boo
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Response Number 4
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Name: mavis007
Date: December 30, 2007 at 01:30:30 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I do recall working on an "Acer" with its built in recovery option to make back-up DVD's. I also seem to remember an option in Windows (Gui)to update your recovery partition to "how you like it" ie "Del" all the trash then update the thing.(*best to make factory DVD's first for safe keeping) There was also password options etc. Seems good to me. ... (*before you throw it in the trash)
Grrrr wat do I know? ... got brain freeze
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