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Old 05-14-2008, 11:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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okay so my buddie wants me to re-install windows on his Acer Travelmate 2200... i totaly need some help on this i threw a windows disc in and nothing even booting off the disc.. any1 know how to umm do this? lol
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Old 05-14-2008, 11:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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go to BIOS and in the "boot device priiority" or something like that have the CD/DVD before HDD
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Old 05-15-2008, 05:54 AM   #3 (permalink)
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yea it dosent ahve a boot device priority i have to enable boot select, Via F12 then when ii boot off the CD rom it just sits there for 5 minutes then boots windows.
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