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    Acer Stuff Missing

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by kirkie, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. kirkie

    kirkie Notebook Geek

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    All my stuff to do with Acer such as elock etc is missing since I did a clean install...

    Any ideas?
     
    kirkie, Aug 6, 2008
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  2. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Welcome and please understand your Acer before you fiddle...

    Search, Read, Learn. In that order.

    Lots of old information to help on this Forum....

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Aug 6, 2008
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  3. kirkie

    kirkie Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for being so helpful
     
    kirkie, Aug 6, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    you rejoice... all that crap is just that CRAP

    the only GOOD FEATURE of the EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGY is the ability for the below average user to easily create backups of the hard disk in it's current state...

    the E-LOCK is an OK feature, but not needed,, (but always remove the password ((and all BIOS PASSOWRDS)) before flashing the BIOS),
    and everything else the Empowering Tech does can be done thru windows control pannel

    but if you wanna put that crap back good luck
     
    bigozone, Aug 6, 2008
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  5. kirkie

    kirkie Notebook Geek

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    Thank you for ALL your help I do appreciate this...
     
    kirkie, Aug 6, 2008
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  6. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    if you really want everything back like from the factory

    REBOOT... HOLD ALT & press F10 when the ACER SCREEN first comes up..
    follow the onscreen instructions..

    or did you manage to delete the hidden recovery partition too??
     
    bigozone, Aug 6, 2008
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  7. kirkie

    kirkie Notebook Geek

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    No idea I just put the vista DVD in and away we went...
     
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    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    @kirkie....The Acer Forum team tries to help. With sensible advise.

    No chancers or anything else.
     
    TeeJay 44, Aug 6, 2008
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  9. kirkie

    kirkie Notebook Geek

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    I'm here for help not hassle...Thank you very much.
     
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  10. Discrucio Anima

    Discrucio Anima Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can find them here:
    ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/

    Look for your model. Acer software should be listed under Applications. Or if you are using Filezilla, you can force it to show hidden files. Latest Acer software for Vista SP1 are listed under the folder ".sp1et"
     
    Discrucio Anima, Aug 8, 2008
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