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Formatting Laptop Acer

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by rzwoo

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Hi all,
Im encountering a problem with my OS. I wish to format my aspire 5550 model due to OS corrupted but then when i inserted the Windows XP cd which is original, it shows me this

'The Disk or CD you inserted may be Damaged. Press Enter to try again. Make sure you are using the correct disk or CD. if you continue to see this message, try using a different copy of the disk or CD.'

Before, i can encure that the Windows XP is worked on other PC. Besides, i dont have any recovery disk for the laptop used. In addition, the previous OS was not original since i bought at the first place.

Please offer your opinion and solution for me. Thanks all your kind attention.

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by older mycroft

So, usually you don't require a CD to reinstall the operating system.

Boot the laptop and press ALT+F10.

You should be presented with a Reinstall Window, warning you that all data on the C:\ partition will hereby be destroyed during the installation process BUT that any data on the D:\ partition will remain intact.

If the Recovery Partition is viable, choose to reinstall from it. The entire process should take no more than 5 minutes.

Recovery Partitions are usually hidden from normal view so you wouldn't normally be aware of their existence. :)

by rzwoo

Yes sir, this idea is seem to be work, but i did try it out. When the time i turn on the laptop, i press alt+ F10 during the POST, it doesnt shown as what had u said.

by older mycroft

Pressing ALT+F10 at some time during the post will not work.

Press ALT+F10 [b]IMMEDIATELY[/b] after you press the Power Button - as soon as the computer screen appears. If the Acer begins the POST it is already too late.

Alternately, you can check whether this Acer has indeed got a Recovery Partition. When your system has loaded, navigate to:

Start > right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management (in the left hand column). Look at DISK 0 in the lower right hand window - your hard drive should contain 3 partitions: ACER, ACERDATA, RECOVERY.

If the Recovery Partition is visible don't bother trying to access it from Disk Management - it doesn't work that way. But at least you will have confirmation that it exists!

Try pressing ALT+F10 again - as soon as possible, after you press the power button. :)

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