[GUIDE] Clean install of Windows 7 on Acer

Thank you VERY much, prikochik and V3loc1ty2.0. This worked fantastic on my Aspire 7741G. Faster and smoother as a result. WOW!!!

 

I have sent my Acer(s) back to Temple Tx, several times, PQService Removed, and Recovery Partition removed.... Totally different OS installed. or NO OS installed at all ..... You might get it back with XP recovery or Vista Recovery or I have found Temple Tx usually do not repair - they keep an return 2 wk later with S.O.P. as when I sent it in... have repaired since by Replacing the Memory Modules with other than Samsung. It was not the HDD. & the system is Win 7 rated...

 

Does anyone have the deleted portion of this guide saved somewhere? I used the original post to reinstall win7 on my 1410 and now I would like to reinstall because of my sister totally f'ed up the windows...

I should have saved that word file I made of the the original post...ughh..I am just kicking myself for deleting that...

Can someone please tell me or contact me if they have a copy of the original undeleted guide somewhere?

nostringsss (at) yahoo (dot) com

Thank you..

 

I don't have a copy of the original guide saved but if what you are trying to do is a clean install of Home Premium on a 1410T this should work. http://forum.notebookreview.com/6465732-post1613.html

 

Hey there. There was a post similar to what I'm about to ask, but I'd really like to confirm (and yes, I read all 21 pages, but some of it was a bit confusing)...so...

I have a new Acer Aspire 5741-5869.
I plugged it in, turned it on, and made my 4 recovery DVDs.

I would really like to get rid of the junk that comes pre-installed, plus I'm a format junkie and use Bart to back up all my stuff on an external drive. I like playing around with other OS's and find it easier to format rather than spend hours trying to fix something once I really screw something up.

Laptop came with Win 7 Home Premium x64.

I checked with the SLIC tool, and under diagnostics, it reports the version as 2.1
From the SLIC dump, it shows 20 01 00 02, also indicating 2.1.
I have a product key on the back of the laptop, but it's different from the one that the SLIC tool and Belarc advisor reports.

I have downloaded and burned the legit iso for my version of Windows from MS. (I don't want to steal or hack anything, I just want to install a clean version of my OS that came with my laptop)

I've saved all the drivers for my model of laptop from the Acer site.


Now.....

I'm familiar with formatting, creating and deleting partitions, etc.

When (if) I go ahead and do a clean install:
- Will the 4 recovery DVDs and the 14GB recovery partition be of any use anymore? From what I gather, no....once you do a clean install, the recovery partition won't work, and might as well be deleted to recover space....right?

- To the best of your knowledge, should this just work and activate (offline)?

- During the install, do I enter a key when asked? (If so, do I use the key on the label, or the one that the SLIC tool and Belarc found?

- If I have to call Microsoft (and I hope I don't), will they give me a key that I can use to activate if I formatt and reinstall again in a few weeks or something, or do I have to call them each time?

Thanks!!

 

If you have home premium on your unit, follow the link in the post above you. Most of it is just about converting an imported Acer but there is a part about doing a clean install and off-line activation. No need to call Microsoft if you do it that way. The recovery partition will be of no use to you. After the clean install you might want to make new backups. I don't bother entering a key in the new install because you will be doing that with the program that restores teh manufacturer's key that came with your unit.

Bronsky

 

Thanks for the info.

Tried it today.

Installed the untouched ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium x64, did not enter a key during install, connected to the 'Net, went to activation, entered the key from the back of the laptop, I'm activated and passing validation.

Not sure if it'll be that simple for other models, but that's all I had to do with mine. No installing of certs, etc.