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    Acer Aspire 5520

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by donsmouse, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. donsmouse

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    I have an aspire 5520 that i got from walmart, and what i did like a dummy was accidentaly re-partitioned my hard drive like 2 times, and now my recovery partition is gone forever,i called acer and they wan't $200 to re-image it at the factory, i can't afford that right now.
    So does anyone have a partition image that is similar to the 5520 that i can have?
    Any help would be appericiated.
    Thank You
     
    donsmouse, Jan 11, 2008
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    yeah i asked them if the recovery cd would re-partition my drive and they said no that i would have to send it in and they would re-image it for $200,s*** that.
    I just need an image file sent to me so i can get things back to normal.
     
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    see i made the factory dvd 1 and 2 plus the drivers cd,but how would i recreate my hidden partition and set the files that need to be on it?
     
    donsmouse, Jan 12, 2008
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    ok so what do i need to do?
     
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    yeah i have done all that, and i have windows and all my drivers installed i just need to get my recovery partition back, thats why i was wondering if anyone had an image of it that is similar to my 5520
     
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    Its pointless to have it back, If you have the DVD. your dvd is equalent as having your recovery partition
     
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    yeah your right,i just like to have things the way they were, i have read on some forums about using mbrwrdos and rtmbr.bin and tried that but nothing happend, i know i need all the files to do that,i wish i would have made an image of the whole system then i could get it back,i guess i'll have to go back to walmart and buy another system just to get it back.
     
    donsmouse, Jan 13, 2008
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