trying to factory restore acer aspire one d255 but....

Zomby88 said:

Can you post a shot of your disk management page.

where is disk management in windows 7 starter?

theog said:

koolsk8ter111 said:

theog said:

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic
Which is Not the Acer Recovery.

how do I check the hardrive? I'm pretty stupid when it comes to PC's. I hope it doesn't involve opening anything up? lol

You will need to now HD Drive manufacturer.
Than download the manufacturer tool & run.

Do the HD Drive pass,all tests?

theog said:

theog said:

koolsk8ter111 said:

how do I check the hardrive? I'm pretty stupid when it comes to PC's. I hope it doesn't involve opening anything up? lol

You will need to now HD Drive manufacturer.
Than download the manufacturer tool & run.

Do the HD Drive pass,all tests?

the hardrive failed the quick test but passed the full test. the quick test had an -03 smart read error. the full test had no issues

Find a Win7 retail installation DVD for your version to clean reinstall with Product Key on COA sticker, which is a much superior install anyway. Details in my signature link below.

koolsk8ter111 said:

theog said:

theog said:

You will need to now HD Drive manufacturer.
Than download the manufacturer tool & run.

Do the HD Drive pass,all tests?

the hardrive failed the quick test but passed the full test. the quick test had an -03 smart read error. the full test had no issues

The HD Drive needs to be replaced.

WD -03 smart read error.
WD Support / Knowledge Base / Diagnostic Error Codes

OKay gonna try a different methods probably better then the other ones. I am going to launch the commmand prompt and type chkdsk C: /F /R

chkdsk only repairs Software file problems, not hardware problems.

theog said:

chkdsk only repairs Software file problems, not hardware problems.

just checking. maybe it will repair the problems causing the PC. it to continue the restoration.

theog said:

chkdsk only repairs Software file problems, not hardware problems.

is there any way to try to install sysprep factory mode in the command prompt since I can't do it in the restoration process? like what commands do I type?