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    Aspire 5315 New HDD wont boot

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by severianodiosdado, Oct 14, 2009.

  1. severianodiosdado

    severianodiosdado Newbie

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    I ran my factory recovery disk on my new HDD, but it doesn't boot up.
    I check me memories RAM,they are ok.
    After the ACER logo appears with a message "Prepare boot to OS" , the screem is black with a blinking dash in the left upper corner.
    May some one helpe me with this problem? Thank you
     
    severianodiosdado, Oct 14, 2009
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  2. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    1) Check Harddisk in correct mode Vista: AHCI
    2) Check if the disc is not badly scratch
    3) Create a default NTFS Partition hopefully it will detect the partition and install itself inside.
    4) Really can't do it? Grab a Windows Vista ISO from torrent and do a clean install will pass activation method later.
     
    weinter, Oct 14, 2009
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    robiom Newbie

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    Hi sev

    have you been able to use your factory recovery disk? If so can I ask a mega favour? Can you upload an image of the disk on to a file sharing site like rapidshare or something so I can get a copy?

    I am trying to repair a friends 5315 and he wants the original setup after I replace his broken HDD.

    Thanks
     
    robiom, Nov 19, 2009
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