Acer question Master P 6/28/2007 3:04:01 AM Hi all I have a Acer TM6410 and it didn't come with the os disc (XP Pro). Instead, you have to make a "factory default disc" using the "eRocvery Management"I'm gonna instal vista business on my system and if i'm not satisfied i will go back to xp. My question is: wil i be able to boot from this disc to install the Xp? If so will it give the options to format del partition etc etc? BTW i have 2 partitons and when i install vista in gonna make one partition and install. Any help please Thanks!

Re: Acer question "Rock" <Rock[ at ]nospam.net> 6/28/2007 9:12:29 AM "Master P" <MasterP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote [Quoted Text] > Hi all > > I have a Acer TM6410 and it didn't come with the os disc (XP Pro). > Instead, you have to make a "factory default disc" using the "eRocvery > Management"I'm gonna instal vista business on my system and if i'm not > satisfied i will go back to xp. > My question is: wil i be able to boot from this disc to install the Xp? > If so will it give the options to format del partition etc etc? > > BTW i have 2 partitons and when i install vista in gonna make one > partition > and install. Best to check with Acer tech support on what the recovery CD does. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Re: Acer question Roedy Green <see_website[ at ]mindprod.com.invalid> 6/28/2007 2:39:33 PM On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:04:01 -0700, Master P <MasterP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : [Quoted Text] >My question is: wil i be able to boot from this disc to install the Xp? >If so will it give the options to format del partition etc etc? I have been fighting with Acer and the dealer over this fraud. I bought an Acer Aspire T180. Acer machines do NOT comes with Vista as advertised, just an installed Vista image you can back up and restore -- which of course wipes out EVERYTHING even your data. They have refused to give or sell me a proper vista disk so I can repair damage or make other adjustments. However, the image is reputedly bootable. You can use Boot-It to make sure you will always be able to boot. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bootmanager.html See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/vista.html -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com

Re: Acer question "Kerry Brown" <kerry[ at ]kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> 6/29/2007 3:44:01 AM I agree that this sucks and it doesn't make it any better but almost all large OEM built computers come like this. It's not just Acer. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Roedy Green" <see_website[ at ]mindprod.com.invalid> wrote in message news:oqh783ppl6jpmkrkg8sugv1fkochl5saqj[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:04:01 -0700, Master P > <MasterP[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted > someone who said : > >>My question is: wil i be able to boot from this disc to install the Xp? >>If so will it give the options to format del partition etc etc? > > I have been fighting with Acer and the dealer over this fraud. I > bought an Acer Aspire T180. > > Acer machines do NOT comes with Vista as advertised, just an installed > Vista image you can back up and restore -- which of course wipes out > EVERYTHING even your data. > > They have refused to give or sell me a proper vista disk so I can > repair damage or make other adjustments. > > However, the image is reputedly bootable. You can use Boot-It to make > sure you will always be able to boot. > > See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bootmanager.html > > See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/vista.html > > -- > Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products > The Java Glossary > http://mindprod.com