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    just ordered a 5672 wlmi questions

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by annoyablepnoy, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. annoyablepnoy

    annoyablepnoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    1.Should I reformat right when I get the laptop? Will this be neccesary and will it boost my performance significantly?

    2. I hear right when you boot up it asks you to make a recovery cd, If I make one of these what exactly is on there? If I reformat with a regular windows xp disc can I put this one in and all the drivers will be installed with this? or do I have to download the drivers manually?

    3. Do I have to get drivers for every hardware peice after reformatting or only some pieces?

    thanks a lot.
     
    annoyablepnoy, Sep 13, 2006
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    derelict1987 Notebook Consultant

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    1. YES!!!
    2. All of the crap would be on the recovery CD, dont make it
    3. Yes, back up the ones you can see, and for the rest go to Acer's website, it should be fairly painless
     
    derelict1987, Sep 13, 2006
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    I have always been interested in the 5672. What made you choose this model over others? Thanks
     
    goddo, Sep 13, 2006
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  4. annoyablepnoy

    annoyablepnoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I chose this laptop because it's a great buy.

    I need some help on the drivers, I go to acers website and im confused, what drivers do I exactly need?
     
    annoyablepnoy, Sep 13, 2006
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    annoyablepnoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    one more question, what program do you guys use with the webcam to take pictures and stuff?
     
    annoyablepnoy, Sep 13, 2006
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    the program i use is acer orbicam it actually works pretty good for me.
     
    bugmenot9, Sep 13, 2006
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    did you reformat? also when you did, was it hard getting the drivers for the webcam again?
     
    annoyablepnoy, Sep 13, 2006
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    ireformatted and got all the drivers from the acer website and runs fine minus about 40 processes
     
    bugmenot9, Sep 14, 2006
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    jeez, did the processes come from the drivers? also how much page file does that take?
     
    annoyablepnoy, Sep 14, 2006
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    i didnt really pay attention to pagefile i just pushed the alt+ctrl+del and i saw 68 processes and was like i ddont need this
     
    bugmenot9, Sep 14, 2006
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