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    Acer laptop Vista install problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Allislost, Jun 18, 2008.

  1. Allislost

    Allislost Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wanna do a fresh install of Vista on my Aspire 3680 but it's showing me 2 partitions and on one of them is all my music and files. I broke Vista so i can't log on anymore, so how would I be able to find out which partition holds my files and which one to use for the install?
     
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  2. nobscot6

    nobscot6 Wise One

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    download a linux live disk, burn it to disk, boot w/ it and run linux from the disk

    it has a very simple interface so find "computer" on the desktop and look at the files in the partitions......
     
    nobscot6, Jun 18, 2008
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    Allislost Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got slax running but i can't change the mounted hard-drive's permissions to move some files to the other partition. Can you help?
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    what CPU, RAM and HDD specs are in your 3680?

    XP might be a better choice unless you have maxed your RAM and upgraded that CPU,,, IMO
     
    bigozone, Jun 19, 2008
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    I had no problem with Vista until I started messing with it and I'm not gonna pay for an OS when i have one that works.
     
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    Allislost Notebook Enthusiast

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    There was a problem with mounting NTFS hard drives but I got it now.

    THX for the help nobscot6.
     
    Allislost, Jun 19, 2008
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