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    Aspire 6920 problems

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Tana, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. Tana

    Tana Newbie

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    Hi all, first post here. Thought ya'll could help me more than Acer support.

    I purchased my laptop in May. Everything was okay for the first month or so. Then the arcade deluxe started loading when I would start up. When I tried to exit out of it, it would either do nothing or put my laptop into hibernate mode. This happened occasionally. Three days ago, it started doing this everytime the laptop was turned on and then Vista would not load. Two days ago I used the restore disc 1. After the restore, I uninstalled arcade deluxe and also ran a search for anything to do with it. I found a few things where it was under autorun and deleted them. The laptop ran good for a day. Then arcade started popping back up. Right now I'm able to load Vista but have a feeling that is not going to last long. Something weird I have noticed since all this started, when the laptop is starting up, the black screen with the Windows logo and version stated it's Windows XP. Any ideas??? Thanks.
     
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  2. rubenvb

    rubenvb Notebook Consultant

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    The Acer Arcade Deluxe is similar to Dell mediaDirect. It's a seperate Os (embedded XP) on a seperate (hidden) partition. You can't just uninstall it to remove it.
    If you want to get rid of it completely, go to configuration screen, type partition in the search window, click on the only search result. This will open Vista disk management. If you're lucky, there will be a +/- 3GB partition at the end of the hard disk. Remove it. Insert your vista installation cd and boot from it. When Vista setup has loaded, click repair my computer. Let it try automatically, otherwise run the recovery console app and type fixmbr and enter.

    You should be able to load Vista normally now. I've had nothing but trouble with Dell MD including not being able to boot vista. I'd suggest getting rid of it asap.
     
    rubenvb, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, that's Acer Arcade Deluxe Instant-On for you.
    One giant honking annoyance.
     
    TehSuigi, Jul 25, 2008
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    hoggie old boy

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    be careful PQService is your default set-up and recovery partition. leave this alone as if you need to recover to factory default Alt+F10.
    Have you burnt your recovery and Apps disks ?
     
    hoggie, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. james_bond_nokia

    james_bond_nokia Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can desactivate the "hold" button. I had the 8100 version and now i ve the 8300 version and ,both,had the same problem.
     
    james_bond_nokia, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    I don't have acer arcade but if its acer bloatware it can be removed. as its not part of windows.
    will removing it also remove parts of lunch manager. which you need.
    or can it just be stopped in msconfig ?
     
    hoggie, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. Tana

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    Okay, I have found the +/- 3GB partition. I cannot delete it. When I right click on it, it just says help. Other partitions I am able to right click and have options. Any way to delete this partition?
    Thanks!



     

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  8. Tana

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    Have you burnt your recovery and Apps disks ?[/QUOTE]

    Yes I have both disks. First thing I did when I turned on the laptop for the first time.
     
    Tana, Jul 25, 2008
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  9. james_bond_nokia

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    Is this the restore partition??Could it be other solution??
     
    james_bond_nokia, Jul 25, 2008
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    What can i do with msconfig??
     
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    Tana, Jul 25, 2008
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