Does Acer provide a recovery disk ? If not are drivers for the hardware hard to find?
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Here is what someone on newegg.com said about the drivers: "Other Thoughts: If your accustom to reinstalling windows, booting from a flash thumb drive is a bit more tricky then a CD. There's plenty of advice and step-by-steps out there. Acer made a hidden driver folder under the C:\ if you unhide all your folder view options and want to reinstall windows I recommend you backup that "Acer" driver directory, it contains the Sata hdd drivers which are really hard to find on the web since this is a new machine."
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I'm a newbie here & I just bought mine this Acer laptop. Which program shall I use to create restore disk ? Acer eRocevery Managment OR the Acer Backup Management ? Appreciate your help
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No internal DVD or CD drive, you must use an external drive via the USB port. Personally, I usually transfer my CDs and DVDs to a thumb drive to use on the ACER. The purpose of no internal DVD drive is simply to save space and keep the unit compact. For a few more bucks, you can get the Acer with a touch screen which really helps with Windows 8
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Hello Nolmans, Memory is tricky to replace. The best bet is to match all the numbers listed on the RAM. One of the most important numbers is the PC2-6400, then the DDR2, then the 800Mhz, and finally the SO-DIMM 200. Without all the numbers from your old memory I cannot tell if it will work. A good way to check is to goto www.crucial.com. They are a memory company and list what types of memory would be compatible with your Acer. Good Luck.
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Doubt it. They don't really do that anymore, and it's not listed under the "What's in the box" section. More likely it comes with a restore partition.
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http://askbobrankin.com/askbob.html (terrific website-free) I don't know how to downgrade---think its very very difficult if it can be done. Don't know if you can do that recovery from the Acer...I would try...but you have to put in all your applications all over again---its like making your Acer back to manufacture settings. BUT, I am NOT sure if it would mess up things since you have windows 8 already. Just ask the questions, and ask if he can get back to you by email even if he doesn't put the question on his site. Good Luck!!!!!!!! Laura
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Thanks for responding Mark.I got it working after three days of constant struggle by going to theeRecovery partition and basically reinstalling Windows, which erased allmy data. For anyone reading with this problem, hold down theALT button while repeatedly pressing F10 just as it starts up while the screen is still black. From there you can choose to use the Acer eRecovery feature.I have read so many horror stories about the warrenty service,people never seeing their computers again or getting a differentone back, or being told it was dropped so the warrenty is not validthat I was really trying not to use it. Thanks for responding Mark.I got it working after three days of constant struggle by going to theeRecovery partition and basically reinstalling Windows, which erased allmy data. For anyone reading with this problem, hold down theALT button while repeatedly pressing F10 just as it starts up while the screen is still black. From there you can choose to use the Acer eRecovery feature.I have read so many horror stories about the warrenty service,people never seeing their computers again or getting a differentone back, or being told it was dropped... » Read More Thanks for responding Mark.I got it working after three days of constant struggle by going to theeRecovery partition and basically reinstalling Windows, which erased allmy data. For anyone reading with this problem, hold down theALT button while repeatedly pressing F10 just as it starts up while the screen is still black. From there you can choose to use the Acer eRecovery feature.I have read so many horror stories about the warrenty service,people never seeing their computers again or getting a differentone back, or being told it was dropped so the warrenty is not validthat I was really trying not to use it. « Show Less
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It (AOD150-1165) did not come with Recovery Disk but it can generate the recovery CDs (or DVDs) for you using the installed utility.You will need a USB attached CD/DVD writer and some recordable media (6 CD-Rs for System Recovery + 2 for Apps and Drivers, OR alternatively 2 DVD-R for Recovery + 1 DVD-R for Apps and Drivers)
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It would be tricky and probably not... Acer's site does not have hardware drivers for Windows 7 (only 8 and 8.1) so you'd have to hope that the default Windows 7 drivers would work out of the box... You might luck out on some things but you would definitely lose out on the touchscreen capability. My suggestion would be to go with Windows 8 that comes with it and install a program like Start Menu 8 that gives you many of the features of Windows 7.
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DVD±RW DL per the acer site here http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/DQ.SQPAA.001 I haven't used it yet though.
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I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas in case I want to buy another Aspire One? Thanks in advance. I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas... » Read More I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas in case I want to buy another Aspire One? Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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I not sure about all of them but I do know that mine does not have a dvd/cd player internally however it is avaolable for your acer externally. Hope this helped good luck!
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How do you open it to add memory? I have had this for about 3 days, and it seems to work well, but my wife complains it is too slow on her farmville mega-ranch :) There is no documentation or anything at the acer site. The owners manual just says to "take out screws", but I only see one visible screw in the bottom. I removed it, but nothing came apart. It seems to be a nice PC, removed all the free-software and it runs everything well so far. It is also so small and quiet.Any help would be appreciated.
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Thank you for the resource. I did order the computer from Amazon. Actually when I thought about, I rarely used the DVD drive in my Acer notebook. An outboard one will be just fine for my purposes.
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Yes you can. I did a upgrade install of 7 ultimate and had no problems with the drivers or included software. With a clean install, Windows 7 should find most of the drivers you need. Any others you should be able to get on Acer's website.
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RAM replacement on most laptops only requires the removal of just a couple of small screws on the back of the laptops. Refer to your owners manual otherwise go to the Acer website and search there.
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I don't know, because I do not have an Acer. Sorry, I cannot help. God bless.