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    Important drivers

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by KillWonder, Apr 6, 2008.

  1. KillWonder

    KillWonder Notebook Evangelist

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    If i remove all the drivers on my aspire and the hidden partition for recovery for some reason, and later i want the drivers back, get i get them "all" from the acer site or will some be missing for good?
     
    KillWonder, Apr 6, 2008
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  2. Nokia 3650

    Nokia 3650 Notebook Guru

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    Some WILL DEFINATELY be missing. My best advise to you, is to burn the recovery DVDs using the utility that comes with the notebook.
     
    Nokia 3650, Apr 8, 2008
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  3. jonspencerbx

    jonspencerbx Notebook Enthusiast

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    You won't miss any drivers, all drivers are on the acer site, in fact, you don't want to use the drivers that came with your laptop, they are outdated. Get them from the european FTP, as they are the most up to date: ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5920/vista/

    What you will be missing if you delete the recovery partition, is the vista that came with your laptop. So, if you haven't burned recovery discs, do so.

    Edit: typo
     
    jonspencerbx, Apr 8, 2008
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  4. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    i use the acer site for drivers but i also use softpidia and have found more up to date drivers on there site and its free, covers 99% of acer laptops :D
     
    hoggie, Apr 8, 2008
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  5. KillWonder

    KillWonder Notebook Evangelist

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    What if i delete the partitions and do a installation of XP SP1, would that be a problem or be difficult with my Acer Aspire 7720G?
     
    KillWonder, Apr 8, 2008
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  6. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    have you burnt your dvd's ?

    if you delete all the partitions before you burn the dvd's vista has gone and the d2d recovery partition. so FN+F10 is no more,gone.
    and will need to get this checked.you could void the warranty but not sure on that yet.

    burn both dvd's one is the os(vista) the other is the apps with all the drivers
     
    hoggie, Apr 8, 2008
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  7. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    besure to make the DRIVERS AND APPLICATIONS cd's or DVD.....

    it sounds like that is your only concern anyway...
    2 cds or 1 DVD if you have a dvd burner... solves all your problems... but i'd do as hoggie suggests and make the Factory image CDs or DVDs also, just incase.

    bigozone
     
    bigozone, Apr 9, 2008
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