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    Aspire 7720 on the way. some questions.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by strra, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. strra

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    first, i'd like to say hi, as i am new here.
    anyways, as the title indicates, i have an aspire 7720 on the way.
    my questions are:
    does this include restore dvd/cds or a restore partition?
    if it comes with a partition, is it possible to make restore dvd/cds and delete the partition?
    also, can anyone recommend a good 17+ inch laptop case?
    thanks,
    -randy
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    no disks come with MOST new ACER machines anymore

    you can make the RECOVERY disks
    but i'd recommend keeping the hidden recovery partition.... unless you are like me and just have to live on the wild side of technology...

    check your BIOS when you get the laptop... i'm interested in knowing what version your laptop shipped with?
     
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    I got my 7720 a couple of weeks ago and it came with BIOS ver 1.18. Of course I have upgraded it now to 1.40
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    be on the look-out for version 1.42

    much better... fixed my cold boot issue.. fixed somone else's boot lockup issue

    should be out anyday now ;)
     
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    Where did you get 1.42? It's not on acer euro..? Is it a beta?
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    don't you know.... i'm like MI6... or the CIA... i have spies planted everywhere :p :rolleyes:

    i sent ya a PM :cool:
     
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    Hmm I didn't know that..You have connections in Witness Protection Program? Maybe you can arrange me a small house in your neighborhood :D
     
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    how would i go about making these recovery disks?
    and to answer your question, it has v1.21 on it


    if you could PM me the link to v1.42 also, i'd be most grateful :)
     
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    the GREEN Empowering tech.. icon in the upper right part of the screen

    it has an icon that represents the ERecovery utility.... i think it's covered "briefly" in the users guide

    as for the 1.42 link
    it's not a link... and you don't have enough posts for private messaging to work for you...

    post some more
    and i may be able to send you info tonight?
     
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    Are two posts enough ? :D :p
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    no probs...

    i think VISTA has it's own partiton resizer included in the OS.....
    what are you trying to accomplish w/ Part magic?
     
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    i would like to delete the recovery partition and expand my main partition onto it without losing data like partition magic used to let you do

    the vista resizer won't let me touch the recovery partition... when i right click on it, the only option it gives me is "help" (it doesn't give me the options to delete, resize, etc)... so is there any way i can get around this or software to do it?
     
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    how about DISK MANAGMENT???

    in XP right click on MY COMPUTER,,, CLICK MANAGE... choose DISKMANAGMENT

    that may let you delete it.... if that's even an option in VISTA...

    otherwise search for

    PARTITION MANAGMENT PROGRAMS
    in my search bar below... or at google


    BTW MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR RECOVERY DISKS BEFORE DOING THIS
     
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    disk management is what i was using... wouldn't let me touch the recovery partition. i have made the recovery disks just in case :)
     
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    well, i didn't really understand that link :p fdisk on my windows98 CD worked tho, but for some reason, it won't let me merge that part of the harddrive with any other partition, as if it's a separate harddrive... weird
     
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    if you used FDISK to remove the HIDDEN partition...

    don't recreate a new partition.... just leave the unused space as UNALLOCATED...

    try using DISK MANAGMENT inside VISTA again now that you have unpartitioned... unallocated space...

    that might work??

    i've not used VISTA in about 8 months
     
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    that's exactly what i did, but for some reason, the 10ish GB always stays separate, kind of like a separate harddrive.... definitely weird - something i've never experienced before...
    i am able to put data onto the volume though, so maybe i'll just use it for music or something :p
     
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