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    factory settings.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jasonsco, Aug 9, 2007.

  1. jasonsco

    jasonsco Newbie

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    Hey there guys, i bought my Aspire 9300 about 2 months ago. I tried to update my drivers for my graphics card and now i keep getting a nv4_mini.sys error everytime i try to view photos or films. I didnt make a backup disk which was a stupid idea lol. And i didnt recieve the vista disk with it. Is there any way in which i can put it back to factory settings with the above in mind ?
     
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    jasonsco Newbie

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    never mind lads/ladettes, jst relised u can do it with erecovery
     
    jasonsco, Aug 9, 2007
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    darkspark88 Notebook Evangelist

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    I love eRecovery and eUtilities. If only there was a way for the software to update automatically.
     
    darkspark88, Aug 9, 2007
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    starling Notebook Consultant

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    Once you have recovered your system, lesson #1:

    Don't upgrade any drivers. You don't need this, and you gain nothing, unless there's a known problem. If you do have to upgrade a driver, do so with the official one from Acer, not from the card's manufacturer. There's no guarantee that the latest drivers directly from a manufacturer will work on your particular Acer. But like I said, it doesn't matter, because you're not really gaining anything anyway.

    Don't screw around with what already works. There are plenty of other things to screw around with on computers.
     
    starling, Aug 9, 2007
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