Acer Aspire one

[ericwilis]

just got my aspire one today
how arr
i dun dare to go online and install stuff
scared later slow down my netbook
hahahaha
dun want to get thing corupted inside


is the Mcafee is the anti virus that is already active since the first setup?
is trial version rite
did u guys still using it or uninstall it?

 

[ericwilis]

btw for those collected their laptop from acer for this singnet promotion
how to register the warrranty
do we need to do it?

 

[elu]

btw for those collected their laptop from acer for this singnet promotion
how to register the warrranty
do we need to do it?

Register online.

 

[elu]

just got my aspire one today
how arr
i dun dare to go online and install stuff
scared later slow down my netbook
hahahaha
dun want to get thing corupted inside


is the Mcafee is the anti virus that is already active since the first setup?
is trial version rite
did u guys still using it or uninstall it?

Uninstalled it. Pretty much bogs down the system with it running.

 

[SaNZo]

just got my aspire one today
how arr
i dun dare to go online and install stuff
scared later slow down my netbook
hahahaha
dun want to get thing corupted inside


is the Mcafee is the anti virus that is already active since the first setup?
is trial version rite
did u guys still using it or uninstall it?

I reformatted my Aspire One with a clean copy of Windows with SP3. Sysmtem performance is better...

 

[ericwilis]

u mean ur own copy of windows SP3?

how to get recovery disk for our aspire one
can we request from acer?

 

[akloaklo]

I reformatted my Aspire One with a clean copy of Windows with SP3. Sysmtem performance is better...

wah you buy a new disk ar...or use back the 1 you using for your current comp....

 

[debbue96]

Acer service is good...since is still new and under warranty, the trip is worth it...

My Travelmate C100 is with me for 6 years!..and its wroking fine..$0 spent for the MB change...(under warranty)..$90 change the keyboard only...Although I spend almost $4k for the laptop...but to divide for 6years!..still ok la...

I also recontract with SBB...now waiting for the letter ...Sianz also..I want a new laptop..BADLY

 

[akloaklo]

will they give a recovery cd or anything?

Incase we need to reformat ...which i usually do for my desktop every 6 mths.

 

[elu]

will they give a recovery cd or anything?

Incase we need to reformat ...which i usually do for my desktop every 6 mths.

No CD given, neither do you have an easy option to burn out a recovery image. There is a built in hidden service partition (~5GB), you use it to restore the notebook software to it's original state.

 

[ericwilis]

can we call and request for cd recovery?
like wad hp did
anyone tried?

 

[SaNZo]

If i am not wrong, there is a shortcut on your start menu to restore to factory default. My guess is that it will load during bootup and restore the system partition using the hidden 5GB hard disk space.

(Besides, Aspire One has no optical drive. How to restore it back using a CD/DVD? )

I want that 5GB returned back to me. So what I did was: I image the entire hard disk (and just to be safe, an independent image of the OS). Then deleted all the partitions. Re-installed windows XP with SP3 using USB drive. Lastly, re-patitioned the 120GB drive to meet my needs.

In the end, I got a no-nonsense Windows XP and gained the 5GB space that was taken away from me.

But to some (though I believe many), this is just a hassle to gain back that 5GB and get a running a no-nonsense Windows XP.

 

[ericwilis]

can use external CD/DVD that why if they can give, i really want to request

 

[Enette]

i hv bought norton anti virus 2008 for my acerone, somehow, boot up slow down alot but no choice as i use it to surf the net alot.

 

[tanjhj]

use avg lah

 

[SaNZo]

i hv bought norton anti virus 2008 for my acerone, somehow, boot up slow down alot but no choice as i use it to surf the net alot.

My aspire one (and even my pc) don't use anti virus. That only slows down me down.

 

[ericwilis]

but if no anti virus, scarry when surfing underground website

 

[SaNZo]

but if no anti virus, scarry when surfing underground website

Ahh.. I am using a virtualization software. Specifically, ShadowUser (Google it). Other similar software includes Faranic's DeepFreeze and Returnil's Virtual System.

EDIT:
Or you could try Sandboxie

 

[elu]

But to some (though I believe many), this is just a hassle to gain back that 5GB and get a running a no-nonsense Windows XP.

I did a full system restore from the hidden partition after I got the notebook. Uninstalled the Mcafee and Office 07 suite, and the OS is as good as new. No hidden junk

 

[SaNZo]

I did a full system restore from the hidden partition after I got the notebook. Uninstalled the Mcafee and Office 07 suite, and the OS is as good as new. No hidden junk

I prefer a clean, pure, system registry. I dont quite trust these software installers.

Correction: Software uninstallers.