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    Acer Aspire 5634wlmi - Vista has disappeared

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by misterspeakeasy, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. misterspeakeasy

    misterspeakeasy Newbie

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5634wmli laptop.

    A few months ago, I tried installing inappropriate hardware [an XP wbcam]. The system shut down and eventually would not boot up. The message on the opening screen is that the computer has no operating system.

    I have no restore disc; Acer did not send one.

    I have a restore disc which I made when I bought the Aspire - but this is a restore disc for Windows XP Media Centre version. I bought the Aspire as a Vista-ready machine - just ahead of the Vista update release. I was sent and installed the Vista upgrade, but I did not make a Vista restore disc.

    The laptop will not accept the XP restore disc [presumably because the hidden partition contains Vista].

    How do I get my machine to work again?

    Should I install Windows 7? I have a full version of Windows 7 on order.

    In the meantime, how can I get Vista to re-appear?

    What do I do?

    Please help, dear people, if you can.
     
  2. powerfull499

    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried to hit FN F11 at startup? It should start the recovery from the hidden partition.

    By the way: You should be looking forward to Windows 7 - It's awesome! I have the Pro-version already, and I gained 10 more FPS in games! Freaking awesome.

    Good luck.