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    Aspire 3023 new hard drive

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by JJHamster, Aug 4, 2006.

  1. JJHamster

    JJHamster Newbie

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    My Aspire 3023 has just gone out of warranty so naturally the hard drive has decided to pack up. :mad: I have purchased a replacement drive and wonder what is the best way to achieve a nice clean NTFS XP Home install.
    Currently I have 3 media types to choose from:-
    1)The 3 cd Acer restore set supplied with the laptop (+COA on laptop).
    2)The single DVD back up disc I burnt when the laptop was new.
    3)A non branded OEM sp2 XP home disc (came with my desktop).
    Since I’ve never worked with restore discs before I’m not sure if I need to Fdisk/format the new drive first? – most of the threads I’ve read seem to assume that the original drive is present. Do I need to worry about the Acer MBR on a new disk?
    Any advice or pointers to relevant threads would be much appreciated!
     
    JJHamster, Aug 4, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The Acer disc will format the laptop automatically. It is a pretty streamlined process from what I remember. I believe it might format the drive with a FAT32 file system. It is easy to convert to NTFS:
    http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm
    That may not install on your system.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 4, 2006
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  3. JJHamster

    JJHamster Newbie

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    Thanks Chaz,
    I used the DVD back up disc in the end (which turns out to be bootable). It created a single fat32 partion on the new drive with out any intervention and copied Windows to it. On reboot I was back to new PC status (none of my settings had been saved with the back up). I had to load the ATI and modem drivers manualy but apart from that it was all very slick.
    Regards,
    JJ
     
    JJHamster, Aug 5, 2006
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