![]() ![]() ![]() Doesnt work at all anymore, so I thought I'll try to recover to the factory state (I saw the hidden partition and started snooping around). I've had sooo many problems with XP, but have solved almost all of them. I bought (unfortunately) Acer Aspire 5315, and first thing I did was to nuke vista and install xp. My warranty says that the warranty gets broken if you install a different OS on the acer computer.īut this installs all back to normal.If you looked for a way to delete the partition, i guess the easiest way is to pop inn a windows XP installation cd and delete it from the XP setup.I like to thank Creatz for making his post containing this guide in a much more hairyer way.Please Feedback on what acer computers this works on, so i can make a list. (oh sorrow!)But this proves that you can install a different OS on the computer and still get it back to factorydefault. For me it installed Windows Vista HP with all the 'goodies' that came with it. If it don't work, make sure d2d recovery is enabled in biosFactory recovery should begin and work perfectly. Restart PC and press alt+f10 at post screen, or if you like me do not know what postscreen is, just press alt+f10 continuously from the first booting you see. Press enter, and let it do its stuff(this installs the alt+f10 option)7. Search for mbrwrwin and rtmbr.bin and find them on F: (or at least i did, it is the hidden partition's driveletter. Launch PTEDIT in WIN XP and change the partition that has a 12 in it's boot to 07. It is usually called 'PQSERVICE' without this you cannot use this guide- os needed: Windows XP (should work with vista to) on a partition C:/.Ĭ:/ also needs to have enough harddisk space to install your particular OS, for vista i suggest at least 10+ gig, xp 5gig+ (to be safe)- I would think that PTEDIT32 is not supported by 64bit os's but if you find a similar program, please reply- look through replies to this post for more tips!Supported by models:- Aspire 5610 default os: Vista- Acer 5101 with Win XP home.- Look through other peoples postings for models supported.1. It does not matter what the factory defaul OS is, as this only starts the recovery, and the recovery reinstalls everything.What you need:- Have the hidden partition previously unspoiled, at least working. This is a guide for those lost souls who have problems booting their eRecovery Partition with the factory installation image. ![]()
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