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    Recovery doesn't work

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Clavius, Mar 8, 2006.

  1. Clavius

    Clavius Notebook Enthusiast

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    To cut a long story short: I've messed up the MBR on my AS5024. I tried to reinstall Windows using the recovery discs: I followed the procedure, but after it says to remove the Recovery disc the system reboots, but nothing happens. I tried using the D2D recovery, but ALT+F12 doesn't work either :confused: .

    Any ideeas?
     
    Clavius, Mar 8, 2006
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  2. madmike23

    madmike23 Notebook Deity

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    I know it may sound lame, but many have over looked it- Make sure it's trying to boot off the HD. Does it come up with any errors?
     
    madmike23, Mar 8, 2006
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  3. Clavius

    Clavius Notebook Enthusiast

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    In BIOS it is set to boot from the HD. After the POST I get a black screen with the text cursor blinking in the upper left corner :(
     
    Clavius, Mar 8, 2006
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  4. DMT

    DMT Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dude set Bios boot from cd-rom
    and try use cd's
    if you stil lsame issue call acer.
     
    DMT, Apr 7, 2006
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  5. CoolHotCold

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    isn't it alt + F10 ? fo restoring from the hidden partician
     
    CoolHotCold, Apr 8, 2006
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