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    Recovery disks for Acer Aspire 5251

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Al_S, Nov 29, 2012.

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    Al_S Newbie

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    Does anybody know where I can get a set of these?

    Thanks
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Acer sells them but I doubt they still have ones for your model as it's not even remotely recent one.

    Is the recovery partition intact?

    If it isn't you can still use a retail DVD to install Windows and use a product key from the sticker on the bottom of the notebook.