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restore cd for acer laptop

Martyr · 2007-07-02 22:14:59

does anyone know (apart from acer) where i could get a copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 for an acer aspire 5051 AWXMi it came pre-installed on the laptop, but was completely removed soon after.

02-07-2007 11:14PM

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Martyr

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does anyone know (apart from acer) where i could get a copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 for an acer aspire 5051 AWXMi

it came pre-installed on the laptop, but was completely removed soon after.

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#2 13-07-2007 09:26PM

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I own an Acer laptop.

Acer laptops come with a hidden partition. Usually the restore feature grabs it from that. I know that Acer also provide media.

When you say 'removed', was it just a simple format of the Windows partition, or something more umm.. permanent like the use of Dban or similar (multiple overwrites).

Anyway, just thought I'd give you a heads up on the hidden partition, you might be able to rescue Data from that, with the right tools.

Acer, up to a year or so ago, were using a very old, crippled version of Symantec Ghost to retrieve the data and re-image their laptops.

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#3 13-07-2007 11:09PM

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no,everything was wiped, including partitions.

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