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    Acer Aspire 3003LCi Reformatting/Reinstalling windows Problem?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nascarfan, Sep 17, 2005.

  1. nascarfan

    nascarfan Newbie

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    :acer: Fixed Problem, check below :acer:
     
    nascarfan, Sep 17, 2005
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    Well i figured it out, i was pressing the wrong key to get into bios, its f2...... i changed the boot with cdrom rather then the hardrive, i formatted my computer, made it into to 1, and reloaded windows, its awesome now.... love my acer. :acer:
     
    nascarfan, Sep 18, 2005
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    Hey man how did you deal with drivers and special features, etc? I did the same thing you did with my 3002LCi and some things aren't working even after I installed the drivers I downloaded from Acer's support page.
     
    jerm, Sep 20, 2005
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    Hi, 1st Im not a Man, lol. I used the drivers from my recover CD (1st CD out of 4) has all drivers needed. I created them when i 1st loaded my computer. I went into the device manager and loaded whatever drivers i needed, after installing windows xp pro, searched to find from CD. Also it was partitioned into 3 "C and D" Then there was a small partition about 8 mb, i did not delete that, as it may have some drivers as well for acer. I have no problems with mine. Everything works.
     
    nascarfan, Sep 20, 2005
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  5. cheziyi

    cheziyi Notebook Consultant

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    For Acer normally the drivers will be included when you reinstall from the Recovery CDs, and for the 8mb partition, it is safe to remove it.
     
    cheziyi, Sep 20, 2005
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    Hi, What is the 8mb? Thanks
     
    nascarfan, Sep 20, 2005
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    Still doesnt answer my question, What is the 8mb? I would want to know what im deleteing 1st.
     
    nascarfan, Sep 23, 2005
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is the recovery partition. Contains a copy of the factory settings. Not really needed if you going to install your own OS. Also I think it is the same as those contained in the recovery CD's.
     
    miner, Sep 24, 2005
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