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    Upgrading hard drive in an Acer Aspire 3000

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Knickatknite, Dec 20, 2006.

  1. Knickatknite

    Knickatknite Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, so I plan on replacing my Aspire 3000's miserly 40GB hard drive with it's 80GB 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio counterpart...

    My Acer came with 4 'recovery cd's'...Is my Windows XP Home on one of these recovery discs? Or do these CD's just contain all the Acer Arcade stuff and bloatware? I also have a burnt 'bootleg' Windows XP Pro from a few years back. Could I install this and use the product key from my Acer's XP Home copy? Or do the product keys from Home XP have to match a Home XP cd, and the product keys from XP Pro have to match an XP Pro cd??

    I'm sure I'm not the only one to upgrade my hard drive on one of these...If anyone else has an easier route I should take, please inform me! Thanks for all your help!
     
    Knickatknite, Dec 20, 2006
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  2. Ruraltexan

    Ruraltexan Newbie

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    I have an Acer 3002 on which I changed the 40 GB drive for an 80GB WD drive. First I hooked the 80GB drive up to the USB port (using an external case) and cloned the 40 to the 80 using CasperXP. Then I swapped the drives. Next I installed Windows XP as an upgrade thereby keeping all my settings and programs while avioding the bloatware that would come from the recovery discs. After my warranty ran out I eliminated the ACER partition from my drive. Lastly, I upgraded to 1.5 GB DDR RAM.

    You may be able to load the 'bootleg' Windows XP Pro, but you will probably not be able to use Windows Update. You can not use the "Home" key on either the OEM or Retail versions of Windows. They will not be accepted.
     
    Ruraltexan, Jan 20, 2007
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