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Dean D
Hello
I recently bought a new Acer notebook which came with a hidden partition and
a preinstall program which installed windows XP MCE. A month or so later I
got a nasty virus (due to my own stupidity, I admit) which I wasn't able to
remove.
The laptop came with NO OS discs whatsoever but when the preinstall program
finished I was given an option to backup everything which I did, so now I
can go back to start.
So far so good.
Now, the thing is, I would like to do a clean XP reinstall without all the
third part software that comes along. Also, and most importantly, I would
like to be able to partition my disk any way I see fit. I don't like the
hidden partition stealing my disk space and I don't like the other two fat32
partitions on the disk which are required for the backup restore program.
I guess I could restore the OS to the day 1 setting, remove all third party
software and repartition the disk BUT I would not be able to restore the OS
if I mess something up again.
The other alternative, is to obtain an installation disc for the XP MCE (and
I have a friend who can get that for me) but will the serial on the COA
sticker on my computer work??? Which version of the XP MCE CD should I get?
Thanks in advance
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I recently bought a new Acer notebook which came with a hidden partition and
a preinstall program which installed windows XP MCE. A month or so later I
got a nasty virus (due to my own stupidity, I admit) which I wasn't able to
remove.
The laptop came with NO OS discs whatsoever but when the preinstall program
finished I was given an option to backup everything which I did, so now I
can go back to start.
So far so good.
Now, the thing is, I would like to do a clean XP reinstall without all the
third part software that comes along. Also, and most importantly, I would
like to be able to partition my disk any way I see fit. I don't like the
hidden partition stealing my disk space and I don't like the other two fat32
partitions on the disk which are required for the backup restore program.
I guess I could restore the OS to the day 1 setting, remove all third party
software and repartition the disk BUT I would not be able to restore the OS
if I mess something up again.
The other alternative, is to obtain an installation disc for the XP MCE (and
I have a friend who can get that for me) but will the serial on the COA
sticker on my computer work??? Which version of the XP MCE CD should I get?
Thanks in advance
/D