Canadian aspire one. Wrong OS language. what do i do?

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    christostheofilo

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    My dad just brought me an Asp1 from Canada and on startup i accidentally chose French XP over English XP. I restored to factory settings but it's still in french. Is it possible to revert to English?
     
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    Grim Squeaker

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    Try typing

    Code:
    sudo oobe
    in a terminal.
     
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    Umm, not in XP. ;)

     
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    Ack - my bad. I am too used to linux users asking this ;)

    I have no idea how XP was set up - if one cannot select a language from the configuration screen I fear a complete reinstall is the only solution :(
     
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    Is there language choice in Windows versions?? I know about this choice in Linux version but I did not heard about Windows - this system is English or french and that's it...
     
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    I ordered one from Canada that has not arrived yet. Just to be clear, they ONLY reason it was in French was because you accidentally chose French as your language when you installed XP correct? It wasnt in French by default right? Thx
     
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    I ordered one from Canada that has not arrived yet. Just to be clear, they ONLY reason it was in French was because you accidentally chose French as your language when you installed XP correct? It wasnt in French by default right? Thx
     
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    nope. my fault purely, but you have to be careful at the start. i'm afraid i'll have to get it fixed by acer people, or dust up my french...
     
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    Thanks for the clarification man!
     
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    On first boot, you have to select the language. Unselected language files are deleted from the recovery partition, meaning you CAN'T GO BACK. Sorry. The only way was to create a full backup BEFORE choosing the language...

    You will have to find a image of the AA1, download it and restore everything.
     
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