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    Hard Drive Dead

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by frapso, Jan 1, 2010.

  1. frapso

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    My acer 7720 hard drive failed,I have ordered the recovey disk from acer,and will be buying a new drive. will I have any problem installing the recovery disk on the new drive? I assume I will lose the ability to use alt f10 due to the new hard drives mbr not being acerized....thanks for any help
     
    frapso, Jan 1, 2010
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    bump...happy new year :)
     
    frapso, Jan 1, 2010
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    MessalineApghar Notebook Enthusiast

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    nope, the restore Cds will even rebuild the hidden partition.
     
    MessalineApghar, Jan 27, 2010
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