I have an Acer 6920G with tons of problems so I wanted to reinstall vista. The thing is that a Vista installation CD didn't come with it, just a CD key on the label. And I didn't create a backup of the system.
In Acer Empowering Technology there's an option called "Restore factory defaults" which didn't work. When I click it, it warns me that all data will be lost and that I have to restart the pc. I click Yes then the notebook restart but nothing happens, it just boot Vista like it usually would.
My question is: is it legal to download Vista and use the CD key on the label?
A few of my problems are
-BSOD when i launch games (sometimes)
-Random music start playing even though I have no music player up, not even in processes. this is the weirdest bug I've ever seen. It starts playing a random song for like 10 seconds then stop.
-Slow system, I just feel like a fresh installation would fix everything.
i got a Vista Reinstallation DVD with my Studio 1735.
1. Do i need to format c before i can install a clean vista with this DVD? If that is correct, how can i format c without a floppydrive?
2. Or does using the Reinstallation DVD automatically format the HDD? Will i loose the recovery partition this way? And perhaps some more important hidden partions? Because i would like to keep the recovery partition.
3. i have heard about problems with mediabuttons, when reinstalling Vista. Will they not work anymore or crash my pc, after using the Reinstallation DVD?
Dell Inspiron laptop has a corrupted Vista operating system and needs reformatting, however he seems to have lost all the disks that came with the PC (except for the Media Direct 3.5 disk).
My question is can I use a standard (non dell branded) Vista disk to install Vista on his laptop (using the CD key on the bottom of his laptop?)
or do I have to use the original dell branded vista CD that came with the laptop?
Dell never gave my girlfriend a disc to re-install Vista.
Actually... I'm playing the role of Tech Support Guy (even speaking to her with a difficult-to-understand Indian accent!!).
She had a crash, so I used VistaPE to get her data off of the computer. Now, I wanna restore Vista to the original factory settings. Sounds easy enough... use f8, right?
Wrong... it won't work in my case. The recovery partition is still there... I just can't access it. The operating system won't boot up at all. I used a non-Dell Vista Home Premium disc to access the Vista System Recovery option, but that doesn't help. I can't get at Dell's recovery partition.
I figure if I had a re-installation disc that's actually from Dell, I could access Vista's System Recovery feature that includes the Dell option to restore the computer to the original factory settings. Problem is, I can't get ahold of one.
Does anybody know where I can find one without going directly to the Dell website? I think Dell has the worst customer service on the planet and I would pay someone to hit me in the head with a sledgehammer before I'd spend one dollar on a Dell product. I've been scouring the internet for two days and can't seem to find a stray copy of what I need.
The computer came factory-installed with the 32-bit (x86) Windows Vista Home Premium.
Yeah... you read that right: a DELL with VISTA!! Could it get any worse?!
This whole thing is driving me bat-sh*t crazy.
I hate Dell... I thank you all in advance for any help that you can give.
Maybe someone would be so kind as to post an .iso image of their own disc?!
Apple not only fixed the issue for me but went above and beyond by giving away a free Magic Mouse as a compensation for the inconvenience I had to go through. The fix was simple reinstallation of Mac OS X.
So I managed to do the unachievable... I junked my OS X install the same way Windows junks by itself in 6 months
The super snappy interface now randomly throws beach balls at me, Safari 4 often pauses for several seconds while scrolling through a page...apps take 20-30% longer time to launch...
It's not like the system is crawling, it's just that it feels a lot more bloated than what it was a few months ago Possibly due to the fact that I installed a lot of junk applications
I tried cache cleaning etc but didn't help all that much
Been thinking of doing a reinstall but without losing my personal data..
- Take a time machine backup - Do a clean reinstall - Restore backup
The question I have is what options do I choose when restoring the backup
- I need to make sure my Documents/pictures/Videos etc are restored as-is
- I'd prefer to get back some of my applications although I am not sure if restoring the applications would make the entire reinstall exercise futile since the junk apps would also return back.. Is there any way I can selectively choose the apps to restore
So I'm planing on reformatting my E1505, but I'm faced with a daunting problem. My laptop screen is broken.
This is the first time I'm reformatting on my own and I'm worried that the broken screen would cause a problem. The monitor I have hooked up only starts showing things from my laptop after the boot up process gets to the blueish screen that says Windows is starting up.
If I were to go into the installation menu, is there a way for me to get it to appear on my external monitor instead of the broken laptop monitor?
A few days ago i bought an Acer 7730 laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed and no disks. After initial hesitation i have decided to keep vista and not downgrade to XP. After all there will be more service packs and tweaking should speed it up lots anyway.
However, i really want to get rid of the three partitions on the hard drive. There is only one physical hard drive but there are three partitions; a hidden 10GB one (EISA configuration) which from what i have gathered is now obsolete, a C: partition 111.44GB and a D: partition 111.44GB. There is no need to split a drive into several partitions now that we have the NTFS file system (unless you are using multiple operating systems of course - but i am not) so this is really annoying me.
I have made the 2 recovery DVD and the 1 applications/drivers DVD. I have an old WinXP disk that i can use to format the laptop if required.
Question:
Using the recovery disks (which i'm assuming contain a copy of my bought OEM Vista that was pre-installed on the laptop), can i delete the partitions, format the hard drive and install Vista onto a single c: partition?
I've done this exact process before with WinXP hundreds of times but i'm not sure whether i can do the same for Vista with just the 3 DVD mentioned...
I can't find the driver for the media buttons on the front of the Inspiron 6000 notebook. I know the buttons work, but I need the software / driver for them.
Also can't find it on the dell.com drivers page (well at least, none of the descriptions match; I may be wrong).
I got my 1647 from FEDEX and so far everything seems to be good. There is a slight wobble from underneath the battery but I guess that's fine.
The laptop doesn't get as hot as fast and the RGBLED screen is a great screen. WLED seems so washed out and dull so the [over]saturated colors are welcome here.
Anyway on to the point: I've done a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium on my laptop, I installed all the drivers, did Windows update to let it be fully updated, installed the latest graphic drivers (10.3a), and of course installed the latest BIOS from Dell (A05) .....
I have a Y560 ideapad and the hard disk recently crashed, I did not have enough time to take a backup of my windows copy. I have purchased a new hard disk and installed a fresh copy of windows 7 on it, downloaded all the drivers from the lenovo support website but I really would like to have done the one key recovery on the new copy of windows to set it back to the factory settings.
I would like to know if a USB drive can be made bootable using Windows 7 Re-installation DISC given along with my Dell 1558 Laptop and can be used for clean installation of Windows 7.
I have a wireless network setup between my desktop w/xp pro an my laptop w/vista home preminum Acer 5570Z.
My laptop can open drives & folders on my desktop, but my desktop can't open drives or folders on my laptop it says I don't have permission. I fixed this once before but can't remember what I did.
I've just install vista ultimate on my laptop. but.... all my usb devices are not working. Mouse, Ext Hdd, camera, usb memory stick. And ols my phone ... windows bassed
Firstly I apologize if this has been asked earlier, but I couldn't find an answer to my question. I have a 1530 on order. The OS will be Vista Premium x86. There are 2 things I need to do-
1. Upgrade the HD from a 5400 to a 7200, I have the HD.
2. Install Windows Vista Business - I have an original retail version, and I absolutely need this.
I have the Vista Business Retail DVD. What I want to do is have Windows and the dell partitions configured exactly as they came with the original computer, only with Vista Business, and on the new hard disk. I don't want to alter Media Direct, or delete the restoration partition. Everything should be the same except the Windows Versio
I've found most of the drivers for xp64bit but i read that tuba speaker doesn't work well (even if you install the corrent drivers from acer) and that's very dissapointing...
I am in the process of performing a much needed system recovery of my Acer Apsire 7720. Ideally I would like a fresh install of Vista Ultimate without all of the unneeded software added during the recovery process.
I purchased a retail copy of Vista Ultimate a year ago for my desktop but am wondering if I can perform a clean install of Vista retail on my laptop but using the OEM serial number on the bottom of the Aspire unit and successfullly activate without issues.
I consider installing XP instead Vista (no Vista drivers for my HP scanner).
Where can I find XP versions of ACER software (Acer Empowering technology, AcereAudio management, AcereRocovery Management etc.) for 8930G notebook as well as all necessary drivers?
Are there any sites where all this stuff is grouped according to the specific notebook model?
I've heard that the 32bit Vista is limited to only 3Gb of RAM. I've got the 8930G and it's installed with 4Gb of RAM. The system detects the 4Gb. My question how can have the 32Bit Vista detect the 4Gb in the Task Manager without changing to Vista 64Bit?
I'm just bought an Acer Aspire 6930G and here's how my partitions look now:
Now I want to divide the partition C: into 3 partitions as following:
1.Windows Vista (The Current One and must stay as it is now)
2.Windows XP (Want to install it and use it as my 2nd OS)
3.Accessories (Just Some Files)
I've already tried shrinking them but failed as there's already 4 partitions exist in my HD! So my questions is how can I create the partitions as the way I want it?
I Haven't made backup dvd's yet so the current windows musn't be harmed and New partition should allow me to install new windows (XP) and use it as my 2nd OS
I got : Bootmgr is missing press Alt+ctrl for restart, tried few time but not working!
cause that i need windows vista ultimate oem installation cd for fix it / repair/ reinstall. when i bought it, unfortunately did not come with windosw vista installing cd, so anybody know solution and where i get it?
As you know the default OS of Acer 1410 is Windows XP, and the battery life is about 6 hours; if I install Windows Vista or Windows 7, how much it will affect my battery life?
I have an Acer aspire 4315. When I switch on I get as far as the windows start up screen and then the screen goes blank and starts windows again.It I then get a screen come up asking me if I want to launch start up repair or start windows normally.
I have tried the start up repair and it says it cannot repair automatically. I have also tried to start in Safe mode but get the same result as above.
