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    Upgraded to vista 64 but need acer software, how do i get it?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nickc24, Sep 3, 2009.

  1. nickc24

    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I have installed vista 64 but in the process had to format the hard drive. I have downloaded a few bits from acer website but cannot find a lot of other stuff.

    I need the arcade thing to play blu ray films, nti backup thing, nti dvd writing software. Basically all the software apart from the games.

    I have an 8930g

    anyone know what i do?
     
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    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    If you haven't install Vista 64bit, and you have the Acer Empowering Technology(eRecovery Management). Start the Acer eRecovery Management, explore this software yourself. You will see the "burn the acer software/driver/applications" to a disc. Use that option and burn those software to the disc.
    The software are both 32bit and 64bit supported. You don't have to worry.
    However, some drivers is not available though(not sure). Yet, you can download those drivers here(select your laptop model and OS), http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/
     
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    hyperpower Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a question. My laptop currently has a 250gb HD but windows says that the total size is 216gb. If I do happen to make backup/recovery disks using eRecovery Management and then I uninstall the app, could that free up some of that space?
     
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    Nope. You still need to clean-up the hidden/locked partitions.
    After you burn out all those eRecovery stuffs(OEM recovery and drivers/application), you can delete/clean the hidden/locked partitions by using 3rd party software or Windows Vista/7 Disc. Personally, I didn't clean them up. I just leave them there as backup and for "to roll back to 100% original state of my laptop" and I have burnt the Recovery discs too(extra backup). If I deleted the hidden/locked partitions, I will not able to roll back to original state perfectly(I want it to be as original as the 1st day with hidden partitions).
     
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    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

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    I got some of the drivers from acer website and some from the erecovery thing. The only thing I cannot install is eRecovery, how do I get around this? I would like to do a backup so I can reset it to this new installation with all drivers installed etc, is this possible? Would NTI backup do this or doesnt it do registery etc?

    Cheers

    P.S to the other guy about HDD, if your laptop says it has 250GB it will actually have about 244GB writeable. Then there will be hidden partitions probably taking up 10-20GB for the recovery.
     
    nickc24, Sep 3, 2009
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