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    Installing Windows XP Pro x32 on Acer TravelMate 4072WLMi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by cnmeshram, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. cnmeshram

    cnmeshram Newbie

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    Hello friends,

    Every time I try to boot my laptop it gives me a message ' Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart'. There is no CD/DVD in the drive or other media attached..the funniest part is, I have got no back up or recovery disk. I understand in short my laptop is f****d up. I have found a disk which has got 11 ZIP file viz., Acer eDataSecurity, eLockManagement and others.. I have tried to boot it with a Win XP Pro x64, but the laptop said I would need a 32bit version.. I have organized a Win XP Pro x32, the CD is working as boots my friend's laptop but when I give a CD boot to my laptop..it gives me a blank screen and doesnt moves anywhere.. I have also tried Alt+F10 and it didn't work either..does anyone know anything different which I can try and make my Acer Laptop work.. It is very important for me to make my laptop work, before anyone in my house finds this out..Help appriciated..

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    cnmeshram, Nov 13, 2007
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    format C: Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try going in the BIOS and enabling dsik (sic) to disk recovery. You should have a recovery partition on the drive, unless you removed it. Also try hitting F12 while its booting, mine gives me a list of bootable devices, select optical with the xp cd in the drive.
     
    format C:, Nov 15, 2007
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