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    Acer eRecovery failing

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Nygaard, Aug 4, 2010.

  1. Nygaard

    Nygaard Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I'm having a problem with a Vista based Acer that needs a fresh start.

    It boots fine on the first CD but fails after disc 2 i inserted.
    Any ideas as how to solve the problem?

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    Nygaard, Aug 4, 2010
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    please check your HDD. Perhaps it is bad (and thus cannot be formatted).

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, Aug 4, 2010
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  3. Nygaard

    Nygaard Notebook Enthusiast

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    The HDD is running fine, no errors, but do need a fresh install as 2 years of use has started to build up some problems and is performing poorly.
     
    Nygaard, Aug 4, 2010
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    Mooly, Aug 5, 2010
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  5. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    The partitions should be same as they were originally for eRecovery to function. If you have made any changes to your partitions,you could revert to original state and try.
     
    ellalan, Aug 5, 2010
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  6. Nygaard

    Nygaard Notebook Enthusiast

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    Haven't tampered with the partitions on this machine, ever. :confused:
     
    Nygaard, Aug 5, 2010
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    Mooly Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried ALT and F10 ?????
     
    Mooly, Aug 5, 2010
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  8. Tinderbox (UK)

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    did you burn the recovery dvd`s if so use them.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 5, 2010
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