Hi... I have been trying to fix a Acer aspire 1 ZA3 (mini laptop) for some hours, but the operating system is missing. have any 1 got a clue how to repair it? I have tryed to take the FN/ESC and power button and several other things, but im not getting any were cause of the missing operative system.... How do i fix it? The person that borrowed it said there is a password that he have forgot on windows, but i cant get in to widows at all. i have also got Bios shadowed and system shadowed.
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
Hi... I have been trying to fix a Acer aspire 1 ZA3 (mini laptop) for some hours, but the operating system is missing. have any 1 got a clue how to repair it? I have tryed to take the FN/ESC and power button and several other things, but im not getting any were cause of the missing operative system.... How do i fix it? The person that borrowed it said there is a password that he have forgot on windows, but i cant get in to widows at all. i have also got Bios shadowed and system shadowed.
if it windows 7 you can boot from the install DVD and run "repair this computer" option.
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
It is windows vista, the comp is about 2-3 years old, and now it wouldt let me get in to the bios part at all
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
one option would be to use a bootable usb flash drive with windows 7 on it and install that operating system instead.
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
Have u got a good site to download from, i guess i cant use the thoshiba recovery on it because it is w7 64 bits
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
here is a tool to create a bootable usb/dvd
http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe
instructions on its use
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool#ms_help_topics_at4
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
the acer netbook should have a recovery on a separate partition on the hard drive, you should use one of the FN keys to get you to boot options ,where you can choose to boot to the recover and run it ,usually f10 or f11
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
hehe i took the hdd out, removed dust ans it started to work. but now there is a password that the person who brrowed it cant remember, and i cant run recovery on it :(
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
a power on password?
or a login password?
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
widows login password. and when i try 2 boot the comp nothing happends...
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
widows login password. and when i try 2 boot the comp nothing happends...
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm
here is something that you can use to reset the password
pacav69 0 Newbie Poster
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
It is a windows log in password, and i cant reboot the notebook, and that is strange
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
best answer is to force the password guy who said he 'forgot' to remember....
he is a jerk.
i can help you if he won't.
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
a widows log in password, im trying to run recovery, but the comp dosent start up recovery, it jumps straight to the password place
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
tell that person to remember the password, they are an IT Pro teasing you
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
if not, call the cops, you are getting on my nerves
Ezzaral commented: Then perhaps you should just stay out of threads where you can't offer anything useful? -4
johnragasa 0 Newbie Poster
when rebooting your computer press f8 and try to run it in safe mode.no other solution for that then this
you may try looking this link it may solve your problem.
http://www.techyv.com/questions/problems-windows-vista-software
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
you need a recovery disc or Windows install disc to run recovery
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
hehe nothing worked, i gave the shit back to my x and said he should solve his shit out by him self. @skilly, in almoast every new mini shits there are a recovery partition in the cpu. and if a make u mad, dont read my posts ;)
kes166 37 Practically a Master Poster
If you are able to get into the windows login screen and see the windows logo, there's no way that I know of to crack the password to log into windows.
If it's a BIOS password that has been set, open up the laptop and look for a circular battery. It's called the CMOS and is in fact a battery. Remove that battery for a minute then put it back in. Turn the laptop on and the BIOS password should be clear.
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
you need a recovery disc or Windows install disc to run recovery
or the recovey partition on the harddrive ,and you can access it through the f8 key/options on most newer laptops/computers
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
that is true caper, laila just has to tap f8 while starting.
and i believe there is a way to reset the passwords through CMD in recovery. i don't remember the command, but i know i saw it in a thread somewhere here on daniweb....
-edit but it may have been a CMD for XP
@ laila: i didn't mean to sound mad, but i get frustrated because i've seen this before(and never the owner's fault, really)...
in the future, you should create a standard user account for people who can use your computer, and keep the administrator user password to yourself.
the drawback to this is standard users cannot install stuff and they will eventually ask for your password...
laila christin 0 Junior Poster in Training
I have tried to push F8,9,2,11,12 and every one of those buttons when i push F8 i get returned to the windows log in page after 5 sec.
skilly 23 Posting Whiz in Training
then,(as said before) you will need a repair or install disc. repair discs are sold online for $10.
-i just realized you're going to also need a USB DVD/CD external player.
kishore06 0 Newbie Poster
There are a number of tools for "erasing" the password of an existing
account on a PC.
You can find them at
http://www.ilikemall.com/guide/reset-windows-7-password.html
As long as you are not attempting to recover encrypted data/folders on the
computer, just clearing the password will work well.
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