Acer Aspire WinXp Drivers

[virgo89]

Hello, I just bought a Acer Aspire 5920 that came with Home premium and loads of other payware by Acer.

So I decided to remove vista and put on Xp Pro. Turns out, Acer doesnt even have drivers for Windows Xp on their site, only vista. :angry:

So now I have no idea how to reinstall Vista and get all my hardware working again (network, webcam, sound, etc)

[notuptome2004]

Hello, I just bought a Acer Aspire 5920 that came with Home premium and loads of other payware by Acer.

So I decided to remove vista and put on Xp Pro. Turns out, Acer doesnt even have drivers for Windows Xp on their site, only vista. :angry:

So now I have no idea how to reinstall Vista and get all my hardware working again (network, webcam, sound, etc)

it should have come with a disc to reinstall vista if not call Acer and request it and or take it back to where ya got it and have them reinstall it matter fact take it to bestbuys i am sure they can help get vista back on it.

yea allot of manufactures build there systems with vista in mind from the start i mean every little thing, i got a friend who works for Geek squad and on a small occasion they get 1 person like maby 1 every couple months who wants XP on a new system even before they leave the store and well sometime it just ain't gonna work cause like you said Acer no drivers for XP so same happens to them. for the customers who have done this siad the main reason is they Heard this or that bad about vista so is why they chose to want XP but of course wont happen sometimes on some system.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Acers have a recovery partition, you can activate it by using a specific hotkey during boot.

I think it's ALT+F10.

But if you're (foolishly) removed the partition, you're stuck. You'll need a disc.

[virgo89]

I just told the guys at staples that this laptop is used, and they gave me a brand new one from the back :)