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    Acer 8943G - can I do a fresh windows install if the BIOS is locked?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by TheSortingHat, Mar 2, 2012.

  1. TheSortingHat

    TheSortingHat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I own an Acer 8943G laptop, and I have had it for over a year so it's kind of slow now. Was looking to do a reinstall of my Windows, but I was just wondering if that's even possible since my BIOS is locked.

    Is there any legit way to unlock the BIOS?

    I'm on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium atm.
     
    TheSortingHat, Mar 2, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    That would be bypassing security measures which is forbidden by forum rules so it can't be discussed (bypassing that is)

    What do you mean by locked? You don't need a password to start the machine so why do you say it's locked?
     
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    Geese1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not sure what you mean by the BIOS being locked, but on my 8943G I did a fresh wipe/re-install of Windows right out of the box to clean up any of the Acer bloatware.

    Just make sure you make a disk with all the drivers/Acer programs first (there should be an function to do that if I recall), and that way everything's not only easy to reinstall, but you can pick and choose what programs you want back on there.
     
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    okay no more about that mean. I meant getting into the BIOS to change boot order/setup RAID0 etc, but I guess that's outside the rules.

    Okay thanks! I will just do a wipe and re-install windows, that's what I wanted to achieve anyway.
     
    TheSortingHat, Mar 3, 2012
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