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    downgrading to windows xp (aspire 5630)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by acerman, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. acerman

    acerman Newbie

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    i have had a acer 5630 for some months now i have upgraded it to windows vista and now i want to go back to windows xp. and due to windows vista not capable of having e recover on and i have lost my factory restore discs i am wondering is there any way i can reactivate my alt f10 in bios it says enabled but when i do it, it comes up with a comand line can any one help cheers.
     
    acerman, Oct 2, 2007
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  2. pupples

    pupples Notebook Enthusiast

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    you could try this if you still have the hidden factory partition. Just ignore the fact that you have Vista, not XP. And replace how many partitions you need, with what was default when you used to have XP
    check it out
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=175697
     
    pupples, Oct 4, 2007
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