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    acer 5100 bought display unit, no pswrd for vista cant get into vista now, no rec. disc came with it.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nikkimacawgirl, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. nikkimacawgirl

    nikkimacawgirl Newbie

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    i bought a display unit of an acer 5100 didnt think to ask for the password for vista. i could call the store tommorow but im not sure if they would even know it. so what do i do? i didnt get a recovery disc with the system. does anyone have any ideas what i can do?
     
    nikkimacawgirl, Oct 8, 2007
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    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    after you turn the unit on the acer splash screen will appear just keep pressing alt + F10 together and perform a disk to disk recovery.. although that will probably be password protected anyway but its work a try :)
     
    Hairy_Lee, Oct 9, 2007
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