[SOLVED] Acer C110 recovery problem

Coolluke · 07-01-2009, 04:19 PM

Hi
Here’s the deal I have a 7 year old Acer travelmate C110
After formatting and trying to install with my windows XP disk (Not an Acer disk) the install would not accept the windows key, it wants the Acer operating version of XP tablet.
I’m now stuck trying to restore the factory settings from the D: Acerdata drive.
I have tried Alt F10 on startup but all I get is an alarm and the boot freezes.
On the splash screen at startup the only options I get are F2 for setup and f12, for boot options.
F12 does not give me an option to boot off of the D drive
Also when I installed Xp I changed the file system from Fat32 to NTSF could this be causing me trouble?
Thanks for your help
Ray

**kodi** · 07-01-2009, 04:33 PM

You need to use the key that came with the disc not the laptop they are different versions of XP.
Can you override it when it asks for the key and install without it.
NTSF would not be causing problems.

Coolluke · 07-01-2009, 04:47 PM

The problem I have is that I don't have the disks. and Acer will not ship the disks anymore. I need to find a way to restore the system from the D: withot the disks

Thanks
Ray

**kodi** · 07-01-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coolluke

After formatting and trying to install with my windows XP disk (Not an Acer disk)
Ray

I meant this XP disc not an Acer one.

Coolluke · 07-01-2009, 05:29 PM

But that won't work, the disk I used is for my system, if I use my # on her computer Microsoft would never let me do updates and Genuine advantage would give me greef, I need to install fresh from the D: drive

**kodi** · 07-01-2009, 07:34 PM

Not sure (someone will confirm) but I think you could install XP on your laptop and desktop with the same key.
Ring Microsoft and confirm it

Coolluke · 07-02-2009, 11:04 AM

Well I got it to load windows from the recovery partition, what I needed to do was go into setup and enable boot from D2D it is disabled with the factory settings, then reboot and hit F12 to get to the boot options, and there it was boot from D2D, the rest was simply following the onscreen instructions
I have to admit, I'm a bit full of myself right now LOL

07-01-2009, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Coolluke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6 OS: xp	[SOLVED] Acer C110 recovery problem Hi Here’s the deal I have a 7 year old Acer travelmate C110 After formatting and trying to install with my windows XP disk (Not an Acer disk) the install would not accept the windows key, it wants the Acer operating version of XP tablet. I’m now stuck trying to restore the factory settings from the D: Acerdata drive. I have tried Alt F10 on startup but all I get is an alarm and the boot freezes. On the splash screen at startup the only options I get are F2 for setup and f12, for boot options. F12 does not give me an option to boot off of the D drive Also when I installed Xp I changed the file system from Fat32 to NTSF could this be causing me trouble? Thanks for your help Ray

07-01-2009, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,398 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: Acer C110 recovery problem You need to use the key that came with the disc not the laptop they are different versions of XP. Can you override it when it asks for the key and install without it. NTSF would not be causing problems. __________________ Brian

07-01-2009, 04:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Coolluke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Re: Acer C110 recovery problem The problem I have is that I don't have the disks. and Acer will not ship the disks anymore. I need to find a way to restore the system from the D: withot the disks Thanks Ray

07-01-2009, 05:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Coolluke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Re: Acer C110 recovery problem But that won't work, the disk I used is for my system, if I use my # on her computer Microsoft would never let me do updates and Genuine advantage would give me greef, I need to install fresh from the D: drive

07-01-2009, 07:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,398 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: Acer C110 recovery problem Not sure (someone will confirm) but I think you could install XP on your laptop and desktop with the same key. Ring Microsoft and confirm it __________________ Brian

07-02-2009, 11:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
Coolluke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Re: Acer C110 recovery problem Well I got it to load windows from the recovery partition, what I needed to do was go into setup and enable boot from D2D it is disabled with the factory settings, then reboot and hit F12 to get to the boot options, and there it was boot from D2D, the rest was simply following the onscreen instructions I have to admit, I'm a bit full of myself right now LOL