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    How to use Acer Aspire 5630 Hidden partition

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Smithy963, Jan 17, 2008.

  1. Smithy963

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    Hello, I'm sorry if this thread is in the wrong discussion area.

    I have the Acer Aspire 5630. The hidden partition is still in tact and has not been modified in anyway. I need to reformat my Laptop back to factory settings, it should be noted that Acer's Utilities (empowering technology, eRecovery) do not work on my laptop. but I do have windows vista currently running on it.

    If I use ALT+F10 to get into the recovery mode, I come to a screen where the only editable field is:

    [ NOEXECUTE=OPTIN ]

    No matter what I type inside this field, when I press enter the Laptop continues to load windows.

    My question is this: Is it possible to use this hidden partition to reload factory settings, and if so... How?

    Thank you in advance.

    ~Smithy
     
    Smithy963, Jan 17, 2008
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