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    Aspire 5930 Arcade InstantOn partition problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by htudor, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. htudor

    htudor Newbie

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    I deleted the partition where the mini windows xp was
    I recreated that partition with disk part, formated it ntfs, set id 12 and i've tried to install acer arcade InstantOn and since that it gives me the error : No available disk space to create XPe partition
    Is my mbr corupt?
    I've tried searching the net and found a tutorial
    f you have overwrited your mbr or on the instanton arcade installation you have this error: No avaliable disk space to create XPe partitio, use thi method, or if you like to reinstall acer arcade deluxe instanton or install it in other partition, use this method:

    1) copy from pqservice partition in C: (with a gnu/linux live cd or with your preferred method) 2 file:

    mbrwrwin.exe and rtmbr2.bin

    2) Restore acer mbr:

    Boot vista, open promt dos with administrative privileges and:

    cd C:\

    mbrrwwin.exe install rtmbr2.bin

    3) Prepare a partition for instanton, partition is necessary: primary, ntfs, bootable and visible. It is possible to use a partition with id 3 or 4 (1 is pqservice 2 vista partition).

    4) install instanton:

    cd c:\Acer\IOArcade

    setup.exe /partitionid=X

    X is the number id of your partition for instanton arcade.

    The problem is I cannot find the mbrrwwin.exe and rtmbr2.bin on the pqservice partition

    Any iseas?
    Does anybody have a copy of the original mbr?
     
  2. ysomagic

    ysomagic Newbie

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    oh tnx bro!!

    you are a genius I spend 2days to find a solution.

    I sign up here only to say you thnx!
     
  3. Sotos183

    Sotos183 Newbie

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    I have the 5920G and I can not find the IOArcade subfolder in the Acer folder. Is it in the operating system's partition or in the PQSERVICE ? (I tried them both)
    Can you please upload the folder on rapidshare (or elsewhere you want) so I can download it and install it ?

    Thank you in advance
     
  4. Sotos183

    Sotos183 Newbie

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    I finally found it (in the AcerSW folder) and installed it !!!
    Can someone please tell me what type should be the partition with the Arcade InstantOn ? Also should it be hidden or not ?