Aspire One Recovery Problems

Hi, I realize there's a thread covering this, but I have read the entire thread, and tried numerous suggestions from there, but nothing has worked. My aspire one D250 has problems. I'm trying to restore it to factory settings, but the eRecovery and Alt+F10 methods do nothing.

If I check disk management, the PQService partition shows up, however when I used the PTEdit method to change the partition from 12 to 07, it simply resets to 12 after a reboot. After that, it doesnt assign a letter to the drive, and I cant find the files needed. Is there a solution to this?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

Assuming your OS still works- launch eRecovery application burn backup DVDs (that will come handy at some point anyway) then use those DVDs to restore.
I know it's not really solving the D2D recovery problem but it gets the job done and I assume that's your main goal.

 

If I use that backup option, can I burn the files to a USB somehow with that program? Since the computer doesnt have a cd/dvd drive.

 

No I don't think you can. In that case verify that D2D recovery is set to enabled in BIOS and make sure that your timing is right- meaning that you press ALT+F10 when you see Acer logo on screen during BIOS POST.

 

D2D is enabled, and there's no problem with the timing. I've probably tried Alt+F10 about 100 times and everytime it does nothing and just boots normally.

 

Check this out.
Filenames are either mbrwrdos.exe and rtmbr.bin or MBRWRWIN.EXE and RTMBR.BIN
Make sure you have had your data backed up before you try this- if MBR goes down there may be a tiny bit of trouble

 

Unfortunately, I've already tried that... with no luck. Pretty much every method suggested hasnt worked for me, so I'm at a loss. Thanks for the help though.

 

You can use a virtual DVD writer software (I had used "Phantom Drive" for that job) and create ISO images instead of physical discs. You can then transfer these ISO files to a computer that has a DVD writer and create the physical discs there. Don't forget to create the "applications and drivers" disc also.

To recover your laptop from these discs, you need an USB connected DVD-ROM at least. I doubt, the method of creating a bootable USB stick with Win7 as described here: Use a USB Key to Install Windows 7?Even on a Netbook is applicable to the extremely customized recovery stuff from the computer manufacturers, but you can try if you want.

Michael