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    Hi, I have an Acer3620 and my Alt+F10 doesnt works !! PLEASE HELP

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Acer3623, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Acer3623

    Acer3623 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok guys, I had my original windows XP HOME EDITION on my laptop, I used Alt+f10 but at the end it gave me errors C:\preload and X:/(somefile) is missing and one more error.


    So I decided to format C, and installed XP Pro on it. After that my Alt+F10 option stopped working.


    I want to restore back to my factory settings, with XP Home Edition, and I did not burn any discs either.


    Also, I did not change the partitions, I only formatted C drive, and they are all still FAT32.



    Guys please I need your help on how to recover my laptop to its factory settings.
     
    Acer3623, Aug 6, 2008
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    Is disk to disk enable in bios?

    have you change you partion at all??

    ah see how format c:

    I suggest you remove partions and set the recovery one active it shound boot let you restore you laptop
     
    andyasselin, Aug 6, 2008
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    Yes, Disk2Disk is enabled in BIOS.

    nope, I didnt change the partition, but I did format the C drive completely, but I did not convert it to NTFS, its still Fat32

    How do I remove the partitions do all that ?
     
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    ok guys, I managed to recover my Alt+F10 option !!!!! Now when the recovery starts near the end, I get these messages

    Fail in creating or opening a file

    Cannot find file C:\preload.tag


    Cannot find file D:\preload.tag

    Cannot find file X:\preload.tag

    How do I fix this to restore my original factory settings ?
     
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    format c: partion? it shound re make them
     
    andyasselin, Aug 6, 2008
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