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Hairy_Lee · 07-17-2006, 11:26 PM

Microsoft are pushing for CD-less systems now from OEMs. If you go into the BIOS you need to look for a mention of system recovery or something similar.
There should be an enable/disable option for this; make sure its enabled and look for any notes that relate to the function (it should tell you how to do it). For example, Acer notebooks used Alt+F10 at the BIOS splash screen.
This will cause the system to run a recovery from a hidden partition on the hard drive and refresh the system.

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Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	Microsoft are pushing for CD-less systems now from OEMs. If you go into the BIOS you need to look for a mention of system recovery or something similar. There should be an enable/disable option for this; make sure its enabled and look for any notes that relate to the function (it should tell you how to do it). For example, Acer notebooks used Alt+F10 at the BIOS splash screen. This will cause the system to run a recovery from a hidden partition on the hard drive and refresh the system. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)