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    Formatted HDD Now Can't Install OS on Acer AspireOne D250 Series

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by New Acer Lost1, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. New Acer Lost1

    New Acer Lost1 Newbie

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    I have acquired an Acer AspireOne D250-1042 but the previous owner formatted the harddrive. I have ordered the recovery disk and a external cd rom to load the software but nothing is working. I have partitioned the drive according to the specs I have received but the netbook will not load for the rom even after changing boot order. Any idea are welcome and looking forward to all the help.
     
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  2. too456

    too456 Resident Angry Bird

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    Try using another external drive, the one you have may be faulty. Or, you could try installing Windows 7 (assuming you are trying to install Windows 7) from a thumbdrive via Microsoft's own tool.
     
    too456, Jun 6, 2011
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