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    How to format extensa 5420

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by korhanergul, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. korhanergul

    korhanergul Newbie

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    Laptop came with vista. I had windows xp installed. Now I want to go back to vista but my recovery cds don't work. I am pretty sure that having a windows xp caused ghost partiton wiped that revorery cds work in conjuction with. I wrote several e mails to acer they send me links (The Hard Drive Prep Application ) but it didnt work.
    How can I go back to original factory settings?
    Thanks a lot.
     
    korhanergul, Oct 31, 2008
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  2. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Try to press ALT+F10(repeatedly) as soon as you turn on the laptop, but first make sure your D2D Recovery option is enabled in BIOS.
     
    ATG, Oct 31, 2008
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