Acer Aspire

Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It came
with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes. He's
running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and access
system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you respond to
this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is all the
information I could get out of him. He really is computer illiterate.

--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

Computer illiterates shouldn't "fiddle"!

Have him tap F8 repeatedly when the computer starts its initial boot. When
he arrives at the advanced menu choice screen (white text on black
background) have him choose "Last Known Good Configuration" to boot with.

He should be able to get in - less his fiddling.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Mike @gmail.com>" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
news:...
> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is all
> the information I could get out of him. He really is computer illiterate.
>
> --
>
> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>
>
>

Thanks, Richard. I'll be the one to "fiddle" with it next. He's bringing
it to me Tuesday.

--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:eQM$...
> Computer illiterates shouldn't "fiddle"!
>
> Have him tap F8 repeatedly when the computer starts its initial boot. When
> he arrives at the advanced menu choice screen (white text on black
> background) have him choose "Last Known Good Configuration" to boot with.
>
> He should be able to get in - less his fiddling.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Mike @gmail.com>" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
>> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
>> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
>> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
>> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
>> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
>> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is
>> all the information I could get out of him. He really is computer
>> illiterate.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>>
>>
>>
>

"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:eQM$...
> Computer illiterates shouldn't "fiddle"!
>
> Have him tap F8 repeatedly when the computer starts its initial boot. When
> he arrives at the advanced menu choice screen (white text on black
> background) have him choose "Last Known Good Configuration" to boot with.
>
> He should be able to get in - less his fiddling.

Good advice. But if the above does not work, have him call Acer and order a
recovery set of disks. They sell them.

In the BIOS turn on "Disk to disk recovery" or something like that. Once
that's enabled you can press Alt-F10 or Alt-F12 (can't remember which) on
boot to access the Acer recovery procedure.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


">" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
news:...
> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is all
> the information I could get out of him. He really is computer illiterate.
>
> --
>
> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>
>
>

Thanks!

--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



"Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
news:...
> In the BIOS turn on "Disk to disk recovery" or something like that. Once
> that's enabled you can press Alt-F10 or Alt-F12 (can't remember which) on
> boot to access the Acer recovery procedure.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
> ">" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
>> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
>> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
>> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
>> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
>> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
>> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is
>> all the information I could get out of him. He really is computer
>> illiterate.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>>
>>
>>

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/for...ords=&areaid=2

Above is the link on how-to-do Acer eRecovery.
--
Mick Murphy


"Mike" wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> --
>
> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>
>
>
> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
> news:...
> > In the BIOS turn on "Disk to disk recovery" or something like that. Once
> > that's enabled you can press Alt-F10 or Alt-F12 (can't remember which) on
> > boot to access the Acer recovery procedure.
> >
> > --
> > Kerry Brown
> > MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
> >
> >
> > ">" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
> >> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
> >> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
> >> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
> >> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
> >> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
> >> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is
> >> all the information I could get out of him. He really is computer
> >> illiterate.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Thanks!

--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:4B30F109-8A85-453B-8DF9-...
> http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/for...ords=&areaid=2
>
> Above is the link on how-to-do Acer eRecovery.
> --
> Mick Murphy
>
>
> "Mike" wrote:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > In the BIOS turn on "Disk to disk recovery" or something like that.
>> > Once
>> > that's enabled you can press Alt-F10 or Alt-F12 (can't remember which)
>> > on
>> > boot to access the Acer recovery procedure.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kerry Brown
>> > MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>> >
>> >
>> > ">" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
>> > news:...
>> >> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
>> >> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he
>> >> was
>> >> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when
>> >> he
>> >> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
>> >> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot
>> >> and
>> >> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
>> >> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is
>> >> all the information I could get out of him. He really is computer
>> >> illiterate.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Thanks to all who replied. Alt F10 did the trick. Last Known Good
Configuration was borked. I have no idea what he did (& neither does he),
so I did a recovery. I told him if he screws with it again I'll send JEWboy
to his house to give him a course in How To Be A Moron 101.

--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



"Mike @gmail.com>" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
news:...
> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is all
> the information I could get out of him. He really is computer illiterate.
>
> --
>
> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>
>
>

do you got a desktop. if its a dell.it came with windows vista you can use
the dvd that say os on it

"Mike @gmail.com>" wrote:

> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It came
> with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes. He's
> running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and access
> system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you respond to
> this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is all the
> information I could get out of him. He really is computer illiterate.
>
> --
>
> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>
>
>
>