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formatting a laptop

Started by clumseywoman , Jul 20 2006 10:06 AM

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clumseywoman

Posted 20 July 2006 - 10:06 AM

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i have a acer laptop, and it needs formatting but the only problem is that everything is built into the laptop so i havn't got a disk to format it with. can anyone tell me how to format it myself.

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 10:14 AM

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What software and version of windows have you got to put back on?

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shard92

Posted 20 July 2006 - 10:27 AM

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i have a acer laptop, and it needs formatting but the only problem is that everything is built into the laptop so i havn't got a disk to format it with. can anyone tell me how to format it myself.

SO you never got a recovery disk or anything? That usually means that the recovery files are on a hidden partition on the hard drive and you would have to find out what key to press to activate the recovery... on hp/compaq it is usually f10 but I've also seen f12 on some machines ( not sure what the brand was ) try checking the manual or maybe call acer....