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    Acer 9300 Vista install problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by receng56, Aug 4, 2008.

  1. receng56

    receng56 Newbie

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    I have an Aspire 9300 laptop, the c partition became corrupted. I cannot use my backup disks to reinstall Vista. I cannot install Vista from an OEM disk as in both cases I get a BSOD error around 50% through the installation. I still have the hidden partition, but when I make it active the Acer recovery starts but then I get "Fail to find Partition 1 drive letter"?
     
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  2. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds to me like your hard drive has most likely kicked the bucket.
     
    Dook, Aug 4, 2008
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    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    try delete you two exist partion and just leave the recovery one active it shound recreate them
     
    andyasselin, Aug 4, 2008
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  4. receng56

    receng56 Newbie

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    There is a hidden folder on the Acerdata partition, what should I do with this?
     
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    if it the stander layout for partion it shound.nt matter

    you have acer c and acer d and eisa partion?

    it problay won,nt touch disk d anways so say just try remove c partion see and set pq service partion active
     
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    receng56 Newbie

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    So I should delete the C partition rather than reformat it? When I delete the partition I get "fail to getpartition 1 drive letter" and a "machine check error" When I format it on another computer it assigns D. But I still get the same problem when I put it back in the laptop. XP starts , then Acer recovery and then the "fail" message?
     
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    receng56 Newbie

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    I have now replaced the HD, managed to reinstall Vista via a USB install. it is now BSOD'ing (causing a memory dump)whilst trying to download update Any thoughts?
     
    receng56, Aug 7, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    what are the #'s of the STOP error?

    you can search them thru google....
     
    bigozone, Aug 7, 2008
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