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    Using Recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by kallileo, Oct 6, 2007.

  1. kallileo

    kallileo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Guys how can I restore Vista from the restore-recovery partition.
    I know that pressing F10 during post on a HP notebook will open the menu to restore the windows.
    I can find nothing on my new Aspire 5920G.

    Help!!! :D
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    Arla Notebook Deity

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    ALT+F10 should do it for ya (I believe)
     
    Arla, Oct 6, 2007
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    Doesnt work...
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    hoggie old boy

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    Alt+ f10 at the acer screen.and check you have D2D recovery switched on in the BIOS
     
    hoggie, Oct 6, 2007
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    Still doesn't work and I don't have recovery cd's...
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    When the comp boots from the recovery partition I get a message:

    Cannot find file: C:\D2D\Images\*.WSI
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    pellpel Notebook Geek

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    I have the same problem as you. I have the D2D on what not, but I can't get it to work. I have the Disk, but it says its missing some installation files during the install and then it quits and never finishes.

    I found a way around this, I install xp first then pop in the disk and it works. It sucks because its not a fresh install. But now i'm running into windows not accepting my vista key...
     
    pellpel, Oct 6, 2007
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  8. kallileo

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    I have just formatted the hole drive...f*ck the recovery partition and the fancy Acer utilities.

    I'm going to install XP...
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    Yea I hear ya, P.O.S D2D doesn't work...I even have Vista Ultimate to install but for some reason it doesn't want it, it keeps looking for Vista Home edition that was pre-installed...
     
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    Acer has absolutely no utilities for XP. How can I check battery status?
     
    kallileo, Oct 6, 2007
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    Batterystatus is something Windows XP ships with. (if you mean how many percent there is left on the battery)

    try going to power options and see if its turned on. (get there from where u choose screensaver)
     
    pupples, Oct 8, 2007
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