Restore discs
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first you have to back up your drivers, noely reccommended this free program to me Driver Max 5.5, you then keep the backup aside, maybe on a flash drive.
then you find the operating system disc that came with your acer, and you reformat the O/S, then you reinstal the drivers using the drivermax program.
then you find the operating system disc that came with your acer, and you reformat the O/S, then you reinstal the drivers using the drivermax program.
ah Wheelo thats the problem it didnt come with any disk it was pre installed ( like they all are) even my new one But the new one give you 3 disks and tells you 1st thing to do is back up all files on those disks.
plus forgot to mention its not just XP its windows XP Media Centre (thingymabob)
plus forgot to mention its not just XP its windows XP Media Centre (thingymabob)
this from the microsoft site
this might be a bit simple too, but here goes, have you tried a system restore to a time that is as far back as possible?
also why do you want to reset it?, is it giving you problems? or are you going to give it to someone and dont want them to have access to your old files?
this might be a bit simple too, but here goes, have you tried a system restore to a time that is as far back as possible?
also why do you want to reset it?, is it giving you problems? or are you going to give it to someone and dont want them to have access to your old files?
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yes its only about 3-4 yrs old but plan on selling it. I have a copy of xp home but coz the pc in question has the media centre on it the xp home does not include that.
Didnt think of going back as far as pos with the restore. good idea!
I have never bought a pc or lappy that came with a copy of the OS they have always been pre installed before getting to electrical stores like comet/currys eyc and now new windows 7 dont come with any disks as far as i know!
thanks Sin:no that looks and sounds simple enough ill give that a go 2mora - ah just read it and its says " The ASR process is only available for Windows XP Professional." but ill see what it has on the pc 2mora - to late now to be playing with machines lol been setting up new one all day and transfering stuff etc
Acer /PB/ Emachines are all same company, recovery disks are quite eay to aquire, did youtry alt f10 on boot for hdd recovery?
edited-- by the way, the disks are not provided with purchase of these computers, you are promted to make your own ;) and can only make them once ,, untill you have restored,, although recovery is also inbuilt into hidden partition, so try the alt f10 on boot, keep hitting it
edited-- by the way, the disks are not provided with purchase of these computers, you are promted to make your own ;) and can only make them once ,, untill you have restored,, although recovery is also inbuilt into hidden partition, so try the alt f10 on boot, keep hitting it
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Thanks i think i might need that! cheers
I have tried the Alt F10 but its not working read somewhere that they tell you to do that but it doesnt work. now trying the e button
Retore only goes back a couple of months due to having a virus on it