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    Acer TravelMate 6292-302G16MN - help with reinstall?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Gary S, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. Gary S

    Gary S Newbie

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    Hello all and greetings from Liverpool UK.

    I recently purchased an Acer TravelMate 6292-302G16MN and am really pleased with it. However, I am not so enamoured with Windows Vista.

    What I would like to do is install Windows XP instead. Can anyone help with an easy way to do this?

    I am not a fan of recovery partitions so that could go - I'd rather have the extra space for mp3 storage! Would a fresh XP install automatically delete it for me?

    Another problem is that my previous system was a Dell with all the drivers on one handy disc. Obviously I don';t have that with this new Acer. How can I find which ones I need and where could I get them from?

    I appreciate that these are probably quite moronic questions, but if anyone could maybe find a few minutes to help, I'd really appreciate it.

    Many thanks

    Gary.
     
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    Skibums Notebook Evangelist

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    e30sep11 Notebook Guru

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    just a simple advice make recovery DVD you maybe need it someday. before you totally erase the whole HD.
     
    e30sep11, Jan 20, 2008
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