laptop vista complete restore

[growler]

i just become the new owner of a laptop from a friend who brought it last month a didnt want it so swaped for a pc its a acer, aspire 5315 with vista basic
but my problem is it is filled with rubbish stuff like web games and is as slow as a snail ive speeded it up some what. but would prefer a complete restore back to factory, the last owner did not make a backup partion or a dvd
my question is is there neway that a restore can be done

[DonInKansas]

Best thing I can suggest is backup any files you want and do a complete OS reinstall.

[erocker]

You will need a valid copy of Windows. Insert the CD, go into the bios and set it to boot from the CD. Restart, and press "any" key.;)

[growler]

yea that would be an option but doing that i loose all drivers and a 70 os and have to pay out for one

[spearman914]

Backup your important data and games and do a complete reinstall is someone suggested. This will help clean up clogged registry keys that are useless and slows down your PC and also wiping out undetectable spywares or viruses.

[erocker]

yea that would be an option but doing that i loose all drivers and a 70 os and have to pay out for one

Didn't come with a Windows CD, or Drivers CD? Just download the drivers off the net and save them to a USB stick or a CD.

[mullered07]

yea that would be an option but doing that i loose all drivers and a 70 os and have to pay out for one

you have the coa ? just download a copy of vista basic and install with the key on the coa, you wont have to $70 for a new os and its completly legal as you own the coa

ive made a backup copy of my vista just incase, but as i own the coa it doesnt matter which dvd i install from as i have a legit key.

[growler]

where from ?

[erocker]

where from ?

Manufacturer's website. Or, find out what chipset your notebook is using and get the drivers of the chipset's manufacturer's site.

[spearman914]

where from ?

I don't think you need the CD. Get a bootable CD and burn the OS ISO file to it. Then boot and reinstall. :rockout: You don't have a bootable CD either?

[rangerone766]

dell's dont ship with disks any more. they install a ghost copy on a hidden partition. the right key combo at post launches the app for reinstall. i dont know the key combo, or if it has the same option, but worth looking into.

also my ibm laptop has the same on a hidden partition. i bet your acer has one aswell.

[growler]

does ne one know how to access a hidden partion

[spearman914]

does ne one know how to access a hidden partion

This can help:


Many laptops and computers comes in our days without recovery cd, the OS and driver are in hidden partition.

I will show you step by step how to unhide this partition. You will need to use PARTEDIT32.

Be aware that you can lose all your data in this operation, you should backup all your important things before.

This, is working with acer aspire laptops and probably with a large variety of computer with hidden partition.

First boot in bios menu by pressing F2 key on boot,

disable the d2d recovery save and restart.

Now we will use PARTEDIT32 this nice freeware software will make a great job, it will allow you to make your partition visible in some clicks of mouse and on the fly under Windows XP.

Unzip and launch Partedit32. The user interface opens, simple but effective, if you have more than one hard disk, choose the one where your hidden partition is in the menu Hard Disk, then look at the column TYPE in your partitions table here is the type of your partition, you can reach a list of the various types of partition by clicking the button SET TYPE.

In this example with a Acer laptop the name of the partition is PQSERVICE and its type is 12, changes it by type 07, save and reboot.

After boot in windows go to my computer you will see a new disk named PQSERVICE you have done it.

In this disk you can find your drivers and windows files. We will explain in another review how to make a real windows cd with these data.

Since that you have finish with these data you just have to repeat the operation and change back the value.

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UPDATE: It mentioned XP, I'm sure it works with Vista too.

[rangerone766]

try alt+f10

[growler]

i managed got into the ALt +F10 thing i got the following message:

Edit Boot Option
=============
Edit Boot Option for: Microsoft Windows Vista
Path: \Windows\System32\Winload.exe
Partition: 2
Hard disk: 4e00ed3d
=============

Then a typeable command with:

=============
/NOEXECUTE = OPTIN

any ideas wat cmd i give i can typye after /NOEXECUTE = OPTIN