Acer Aspire 8920G Pre-Installed Vista Help

Hungrytoheal

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G'day,

I have an operating system stored on a hidden drive (not on a CD, it comes with the computer) on my notebook and wish to install it. During the boot process, you are supposed to press a key on your keyboard to start the installation. The problem is, I can't remember it!

Any ideas?

Cheers!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom(tm) 8650 Triple-Core Processor (3 CPUs), ~2.3GH
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-CM Motherboard
    Memory
    4094MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
    Sound Card
    Speakers VideoLogic ZXR-550/Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VE700
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung
    Case
    ASUS TA-K5
    Cooling
    CPU Funnel
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical
    Internet Speed
    Dial Up
Are you talking about reinstalling your OS from the recovery partition. If yes, this is the procedure for Acer:

1. Backup all your data

2. Restart your PC and press ALT+F10 when you get the first splash screen - or check on that screen whether they want you to press something else. That gets you to the installation wizard that will guide you.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
ALT+F10 doesn't work. Doesn't suggest anything else.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom(tm) 8650 Triple-Core Processor (3 CPUs), ~2.3GH
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-CM Motherboard
    Memory
    4094MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
    Sound Card
    Speakers VideoLogic ZXR-550/Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VE700
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung
    Case
    ASUS TA-K5
    Cooling
    CPU Funnel
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical
    Internet Speed
    Dial Up

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9170 Laptop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    CLEVO P170EM
    Memory
    12 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    (1)Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (2)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
    Sound Card
    (1)Realtek High Definition Audio (2)Intel(R) Display Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1280
    Hard Drives
    (1)M4 256 GB SSD (2)500 GB 7200 RPM
    Keyboard
    Backlit
    Internet Speed
    High Speed Cable
Study the splash screen. Maybe there is a different procedure on your system.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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