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    Acer 5102WLMi - How do I restore the factory settings without the restore CD?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by max2123, Dec 27, 2006.

  1. max2123

    max2123 Newbie

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    Hi All,

    I messed up my computer and need to restore it to the factory settings, but I did not burn the recovery CD. I deleted the windows directory and installed XP Pro, but I want some of the factory settings like the volume indicator and the wireless lan indicator. What I mean by the indicator is that when I press FN and the volume up button I want to see the green bars going up or down. If someone can help me get those back, it is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
     
    max2123, Dec 27, 2006
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    Or if you just want the onscreen volume display then download the drivers for you laptop from acer to get it back


    Do you del you recover partions ?

    if you want you can use the acer disk to disk to restore laptop to factorey erase every thing use alt f10 to boot recover partions or via boot from cd and seting recovery partion active
     
    andyasselin, Dec 27, 2006
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  3. max2123

    max2123 Newbie

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    Hi Andy,

    I downloaded the drivers from acer and I don't see the onscreen displays of the volume or wireless lan.

    Tried Alt F10 and it does not work. I have enabled it in the bios and I did not delete my recovery partition.

    Please help me restore factory settings. Please include detailed steps. Thanks so much!
     
    max2123, Dec 29, 2006
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  4. kadhumia_flo

    kadhumia_flo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the same problem. After formatting the C Drive, i could not access the Alt+F10
     
    kadhumia_flo, Dec 29, 2006
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  5. SSX4life

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    The simple answer is you don't. You need to either send the laptop back to acer or acquire an oem copy of windows (the cd) that fits your license and reinstall using that.

    --ssx--
     
    SSX4life, Dec 29, 2006
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  6. kadhumia_flo

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    The Windows XP cds arent a problem , but the drivers are acer software is. This is what is needed
     
    kadhumia_flo, Dec 29, 2006
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    I think it is just a case of installing Launch Manager - http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_3680_5600.html under Launch Manager 1.02.1e.

    When I disabled it on my 5102 the on-screen displays stopped appearing, when I reloaded it the on-screen display reappeared.
     
    paulgspence, Dec 30, 2006
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    hi i got a acer cd recovery it works but my wirless didnt i got help from this one dude to dowload the driver but i didnt try yet anyways you said we need a license that fits the pc is what why my wirless didnt work???? Are there any more sites you guys know to get the wirless from cuz acer.com and the driver cd wouldnt work


    Aspire 3610
     
    tacklekarim, Dec 31, 2006
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    if you want you can set recovery partion bootable and it will load but you need know how setup partion active
     
    andyasselin, Dec 31, 2006
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    pupples, Oct 4, 2007
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