I have never tried this, does anybody know.
Thanks for any reply`s
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
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Yes of course they do.I actually did it about a month ago on an Acer 1810TZ...Everything went smooth.
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
marvellous +REP
Also thanks for your rep on my "BBC News - Call to improve password security" today
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Thanks!!!And you are welcomed...
Good luck on on your re-install...Keep in mind though that you will also install all the Acer crapware.Maybe you should consider a clean install of win7 if you have an available copy(or you can download one).Your win7 key will still be valid.Worst case senario you will have to validate through a 10 second phone call... -
Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
I have original windows 7 dvd`s so i could do a clean install, and i have Acronis true image home 2010 so i could just copy my current hdd , but i wanted the option of using the recovery dvd`s , if i cannot be bothered to install all the drivers and windows updates again.
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How can you start the recovery if the Alt + F10 won't work anymore? The new drive won't have the Alt + F10 hook in the MBR.
Just curious, as I'd like to nuke my recovery partition, etc, and do a clean install. -
You boot from the recovery disc.
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So the recovery DVDs are bootable?
Does the acer recovery DVDs re-create the hidden partition?
Edit: From what I am reading the recovery DVDs won't even work if acer's MBR is overwritten or changed. But it's hard to tell - no one seems to have a clear answer on this. -
I resorted to install a clean copy of windows 7, thanks for the free upgrade cd from the "Acer Win7 promo" and I love using windows 7, never had any problems since, and win7 is definitely the best so far from microsoft.
Do recovery dvd`s work on new hdd to re-install os.
Discussion in 'Acer' started by Tinderbox (UK), Aug 16, 2010.