Acer Ferrari 3400 ferrari.wav startup

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Having formated to NTFS, and realised the hard way that the 9700
drivers only work if installed first from the System CD then from any
web drivers, I wanted to add back in the startup sound.

Sadly, I cannot find it on the system cd. Does it exist there? If so
can you advise or failing that, can you e-mail me the wav? Thanks

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Yes it came with 2 partition which were FAT32, and a hidden System
Partiton. I got Pro on mine, but there is a cheaper version that has XP
home as well.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Hi, as far as I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, the reason that
Acer uses Fat32 is because the restore discs will only work with that. If
you convert to NTFS then you'll not be able to do a restore...
ChrisC
"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
news:5qYpe.117589$IO.105260@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> My friends also had Pro installed. I just can't image why Acer would
> choose
> to install XP on a FAT32 partition. Every desktop or laptop that I have
> seen in the last several years come partitioned NTFS. What was the reason
> you made the conversion to NTFS.
>
> "Harcon" <harcon01@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1118305282.670039.162070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Yes it came with 2 partition which were FAT32, and a hidden System
> Partiton. I got Pro on mine, but there is a cheaper version that has XP
> home as well.
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Hi jimbo, thanks for putting me right. I do know for a fact though that if
you remove the hidden partition from an Acer laptop then there might be
problems carrying out a restore....
ChrisC
"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
news:XUhqe.116022$w15.113592@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Sorry Chris but I will have to correct you because you are wrong.
> Manufacturers supplied restore cd's restore the disk drive to the same
> state
> they were when you first turned the machine, that includes the file
> system.
> So if Acer uses Fat32 for it's XP partition that's what you get when you
> restore, if they had used NTFS then that files system would be restored.
> Converting the file system to NTFS would not prevent Harcon from doing a
> system restore because during the restore process the file system is
> replaced with whatever file system was in use when the restore cd's were
> created and in his case he would be back with XP on a FAT32 partition.
> To sum it up, restore cd's don't care what file system is on the drive
> your
> restoring to or even if the disk doesn't have one in the case of a new
> replacement. What you end up with after the restore is what you initially
> got when you bought it.
>
>
> "ChrisC" <cuke2u(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42a98f15$0$1567$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
> Hi, as far as I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, the reason that
> Acer uses Fat32 is because the restore discs will only work with that. If
> you convert to NTFS then you'll not be able to do a restore...
> ChrisC
> "Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
> news:5qYpe.117589$IO.105260@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> My friends also had Pro installed. I just can't image why Acer would
>> choose
>> to install XP on a FAT32 partition. Every desktop or laptop that I have
>> seen in the last several years come partitioned NTFS. What was the
>> reason
>> you made the conversion to NTFS.
>>
>> "Harcon" <harcon01@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1118305282.670039.162070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> Yes it came with 2 partition which were FAT32, and a hidden System
>> Partiton. I got Pro on mine, but there is a cheaper version that has XP
>> home as well.
>>
>>
>
>
>