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    format and partitioning

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dglc2410, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. dglc2410

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    someone tell me how and if you can format and partition acer 5050
     
    dglc2410, Jan 31, 2008
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  2. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    More input please
    What are you trying to do? Dual-boot? Create a separate partition for personal files?
    Theoretically any HDD can be partitioned. In reality, it's easy to make a mess of things, especially when the manufacturers create four primary partitions, proprietary MBR's and BIOS, etc.
     
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    thanks for replyin, erm i wanna wipe my laptop all clean. then put vista back on scratch. whats the best thing to do?
     
    dglc2410, Jan 31, 2008
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  4. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know for sure, but would say that you'd do well to make sure you can find Vista drivers for the specific parts inside your laptop before doing anything drastic.
    Say, for instance, you can find vista drivers at motherboard website or Acer website for the exact motherboard, drivers for wireless card, touchpad, etc. etc. it oughta work.
    I'd make darn sure you could restore to factory default (by imaging the drive or having recovery discs or popping in a blank HDD or whatever) because there are too many things that could go wrong.
     
    Telkwa, Feb 1, 2008
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    well i have the recovery disk that came with the laptop with all the acer drivers and stuff on
     
    dglc2410, Feb 1, 2008
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    Oh, sorry, for some reason I thought you had a genuine Windows vista CD. Sent you a PM.
     
    Telkwa, Feb 1, 2008
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