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    3680 Problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by HF4L, Sep 6, 2008.

  1. HF4L

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    I have a 3680 that crapped out on me, and I am trying to reinstall the OS. And I had to get the disk from acer, but they don't work for me. I insert the first disk, and it's loading the ramdisk. Then it doesn't do anything, except for PLEASE WAIT. Anyone have an idea on how I load the OS back on the laptop. Scott
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    you may have to partition the HDD into 2 differnet partitions... the D: partition needs to be named DATA

    see if that helps
     
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    nope, didn't work
     
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Why not buy an unlicensed disk from somewhere, (Windows MarketPlace) and use the key printed on the COA sticker at the bottom. The disc would be cheap -> $10-20.
     
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    Maybe I am not partitioning right.
     
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    Try converting the drive to FAT32 by formatting it with GParted.
     
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    Ok, got Gparted to format to Fat32, but still can't load the system disk from Acer.
     
    HF4L, Sep 7, 2008
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    Problem Solved!!!
     
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    How ?? :confused:
     
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    Come to find out that the internal wireless card broke, and it was halting the install. I loaded a Linux LiveCD, and was able to surf around. I tried different ram chips. And I made a guess to see if it was the wireless card. So I loaded the Acer CD in, and the recovery process took place.
     
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