Used system recovery disks purchased from ACER not working

[Imalexa]

OK so does that mean I am to make a system image of the other computer? Even though it is a different manufacturer?

 

[Imalexa]

OK, so my Acer crashed... created a system repair disk from the computer that has the same OS on it but from a different manufacturer. I ran it on the broken computer and then it said windows in loading.... and the language screen came up. when I accepted that I got the above screen with two options, one to select the operating system and if not visible (which it isn't) I can load drivers, OR 2 restore my computer using a system image that was created earlier. I just want my Acer to work.....
Will the system recovery disks have the drivers that I need on there if it is specific to my system from Acer?

 

[whs]

OK so does that mean I am to make a system image of the other computer? Even though it is a different manufacturer?

A system image is only good for the PC from where it was made. The other computer is of no use in this situation - maybe you can use it to burn a live Linux CD to get your files off the defunct PC.

 

[Imalexa]

So the recovery disks that I got from Acer for my specific computer do not have a system image on it?

 

[whs]

So the recovery disks that I got from Acer for my specific computer do not have a system image on it?

I guess we are stuck with wording. For me a system image is a file that was produced with an imaging program. The installation and repair disk that you got from Acer has the system files on it. But that is not an image in my book - although I admit that my definition might be debatable.

 

[Imalexa]

OK, so when it is asking to restore from a system image, can I use the Acer recovery disks? Will it be on them? I don't know what all is on those disks. I thought everything, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong.

 

[whs]

The system files are on the recovery disk but not a system image. You can use the Acer system files to reinstall the system or to repair the system.

 

[Imalexa]

ok, so would the drivers be on the recovery disks. And why would there not be a system image on the disk? What did I buy them for? ugggggghhhh

 

[whs]

My guess would be that the most common drivers are on the discs. An image you have to make yourself - like this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html?ltr=I

 

[Imalexa]

So I put the system recovery disk in there and it says there is no image on this computer and to attach the backup hard disk OR insert the final DVD from a backup set and click retry. So if I put the last disk in the third of three than it should be on there, right?

 

[Imalexa]

OK, sorry again for my ignorance, what is image burn? and how do I get it?

 

[Imalexa]

And will the image that I get work for my computer?

 

[maxseven]

And we're back to Square 1 if not Post #1.

I will say again from my last posting, there is no way Alexa to use your working computer to reinstall Windows to the broken Acer. And while the Repair disk you made from your HP *might* help to repair the Acer, you have said that it does not "see" your Windows on the (apparently bad) hard drive, so that ain't gonna work. Finally, the Acer Recovery disks you got SHOULD enable you to restore your Acer to "as released from the factory" condition, but they probably are not working because (again) your Acer's HDD is broken. I suggested using a new HDD for trying the Acer recovery disks because that is the only way to "save" your broken HDD for possible repair and/or recovery of files later.

But if you don't care about anything at all that is currently on your Acer, then that hard drive might be re-formattable, but you need a working PC to do that.

If I were there, I would take that bad hard drive and attach it to another computer and use my repair/recovery tools on it to see whether it could be fixed, using specialized tools e.g. Active@Partition Recovery or any number of other things I have.

I have an Acer Aspire Netbook myself, which is why I looked at your thread in the first place, and while I have never used the Recovery disks that I have for it, I am quite certain they contain the capability to restore your Windows installation, provided the hard disk is OK which apparently it is not.

BTW back to the Repair (not Acer Recovery) disk you tried, you said:

Select an operating system to repair (there is no info in this box), or if your operating system isn't listed, click load drivers and then install drivers for your hard disks.
Or 2=restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier.
I have the Acer recovery disks for my specific computer, which one do I choose and when do I start putting their disks in?

You have confused two different things entirely. Step 2 means simply "If you made an image I can try to use it" but you didn't do that.

The Acer recovery disks have nothing to do with that repair thing you tried. They just restore to factory Windows and all the junk software Acer provided originally. But they'll only work on a working HDD, which you don't have. Or maybe you could sacrifice the HP drive? And then throw the HP away? Grasping at straws here...

 

[torchwood]

Do you have a friend with an Acer comp with home preimum, if so get them to create a system image and use that to reinstall your OS.

Roy

 

[whs]

I have no idea what you have on these discs. Definitely no image if you did not put it on there. The best you can expect to be on these discs are the installation and repair files.

 

[whs]

Do you have a friend with an Acer comp with home preimum, if so get them to create a system image and use that to reinstall your OS.

Roy

That will probably not work - especially the activation.

 

[Imalexa]

OK Maxseven, is a hard drive specific for the manufacturer? Or can I pull a hard drive out of another laptop a gateway and use that one. Sorry, I just don't know, I am really not trying to be difficult.

 

[Imalexa]

I am going to send you my computer..... :/

 

[Imalexa]

I know all of you probably think I am a complete idiot and I apologize. Tech is not my forte.

 

[whs]

Since you seem to have a set of installation discs, why don't you

a) save your files from the defunct system and
b) reinstall the OS