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by Member 33987455

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how do i re-install a fresh copy of xp on an acer inspire 5000? the hard drive has 3 partitions, one is hidden. without blatting the whole thing, can i just install xp on one of the partitions?

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angelo

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by Former member

No you can not, The easy way if you really need to do it is by downloading this program:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
This will do the partitions/format for you. Once everything is cleared you can install the Xp software.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by older mycroft

The Acer laptop range consists of a hard drive with 3 partitions:

C: - System, the boot partition with Windows installed in it.

D: - Data, which is self explanatory.

*: - The hidden partition, which is filled with a Ghost image for recovery.

If the user needs to return the Acer to factory settings they power-up the laptop and hold down Alt+F10 which will invoke the activity of the Recovery Partition.

At this point a warning will appear that states all data on the C:\ partition will be erased and Windows re-installed. [i]There is an option to cancel at this point.[/i]

However, the D:\ partition will be left completely alone [i]- [u]and unchanged[/u].[/i]

Therefore if there is ANY important data on the C:\ partition that the user would prefer to keep, like Documents and MP3s and Photos, this data should be transferred over from C:\ to D:\ before invoking the reinstall.

If any 3rd party partitioning/formatting/ghosting software is used it will DESTROY the already-existing Recovery Partition, and we wouldn't want that would we. :)

<[i]Clarity[/i]>

by pc-guru

mycroft is right just don't install on any directory then c: the other partitions should not be touched

by oh smeg

But just press Alt + F10 at the POST Screen and the system will reinstall the Factory Load to the C Partition. Provided that the contents of the Hidden Partition have not been deleted or changed.

If the contents of the Hidden partition have been messed with you need to contact Acer to buy a Recovery Disc.

However you need to make sure that you have removed any of your Data from the C Partition prior to doing this or it will be lost.

Col

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