Can not reinstall windows 7

nikolay28

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Hi.I have a problem with my Acer Aspire 7540.I try to reinstall windows 7 and any time I try with Alt+F10 it is not working.I also tried by clicking on "Restore your computer or reinstall Windows" from the start menu,but still not working.What is the problem and how to fix it?Please help
 

cpatel1987

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Did you happen to reinstall windows 7 without using recovery disks? With brand laptops, I wouldn't reccomend, especially since very few have access to a plan windows 7 DVD.

Its also possible a virus corrupted the partition. In the future, make sure to make recovery media for your laptop, saves ton of future hastle. All brands should have some sort of software installed that allows you to do this.

Assuming using the software to burn recovery media is no longer an option, you have the following options:

Option 1: You can order recovery disks here: http://store.acer.com/store?Action=eRecovery&Locale=en_US&SiteID=aceramer. This means that all proper drivers get preinstalled as well.

Option 2: Find someone who has a retail copy of Windows 7 (your version, aka Home Premium, Professional, 32 vs 64 bit) if its your only laptop. Install appropriate version, but you must go to support.acer.com and go through the process of downloading and installing drivers. Depending on driver support though, you may or may not get the proprietary button functionality back exactly the way it to use to be. You'll need a spare computer to get the wireless or LAN driver at minimum, then able to download the rest. Or gather them all at once from spare computer.

Option 3: If you have a spare computer, can download needed copy of windows 7 from here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/cannot-find-digital-river-download-site/66a8439b-0d16-4b70-92f7-1c8486a46ebf

For Options 2 and 3, you'll have to go through the activation process for your windows product key, don't forget to do that!
 

nikolay28

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Thank you.The problem is that I did try to burn some pics on disk,but any time I did put the disk I had a message saying that Windows cannot complete formatting the disk.Anyway I did manage to transfer all my pictures and files on the tablet and now I want to reinstall my computer to factory settings because it works very slow and may have some viruses.Do you think if I order a disk it will work.Thank you
 

Open the file explorer and right click on the c drive. Goto properties / tools and run the error checking. You might want to backup you data before doing this, because there is a chance that your hard disk is damaged.