Password for Acer Recovery

Discussion in 'Laptop General Discussion' started by UKPam, Sep 18, 2012.

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    UKPam

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    Hello

    I inherited my Acer Aspire 4920 from my son who lives in Singapore. I now want to do a recovery but I don't know the password, he, like all sons, is not hurrying to tell me - if indeed he knows what it is.

    I have a copy of Vista Home so if I install this will I be missing lots of drivers thus making my lovely laptop unworkable. I really would prefer to do a proper Acer type recovery.

    Please could someone also tell me what the biggest hard drive the 4920 will take. It has a 250 gig at the moment but I would like a little more.

    Many thanks for reading this and I hope that you can help me.

    Regards

    Pam (McDonald)
     
    UKPam, Sep 18, 2012
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    john

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    I think you can install the os and you can download the acer drivers from the internet.
     
    john, Oct 23, 2012
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    I lost the last of 3CDs for my system recovery. What do I do. Acer Aspire One
     
    dukeokoro, Jan 11, 2013
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    looking for recovery CD for my Acer Aspire One. Don't know how

    looking for recovery CD for my Acer Aspire One. Don't know how
     
    dukeokoro, Jan 11, 2013
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    Password Recovery

    Hi All. I know this is a old thread but just thought I would throw in some info.
    I have on a Hp 8510p. I did some Internet research for a repair manual and came up with a place in the UK for as I remember was less than $3.00 for Pdf download. It is a beauty and about as complete as you can get. In the manual it states how to remove a unknown password.
    This a business Laptop and you cannot access the computer without a password. In the manual it gives the process to remove the password. I did jot need it but the Manufacture repair manual will usually give this procedure. So $3.00 is a price well worth paying. However as I understand there are some Laptops out there that have the password in as chip and it is written in with a machine and can only be accessed and removed by a machine. I believe it is called a Bios writer.
    In windows it is easy to change a password if you have the old password in the security section of Windows system. Other than that a complete reload of O/S is in order.
    Just for info for some who have never had to work on this problem. EdWh :)
     
    EdWh, Jun 26, 2013
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