20 Most Recent Acer Aspire One Netbook - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Hello,I can assume from your description and this "click" sound that you are facing an HDD problem. I would suggest downloading Hiren's BootCD from this link. Burn the content on a disk and boot up from it. Then start some of the HDD tests like HDD Regenerator and examine the results.I hope this helps!

Could be a bad keypad or possibly a motherboard problem.I would try another keypad first if that doesn't work look to the motherboard.

Your windows installation has become currupted. Insert your Microsoft Windows CD and do the following.When prompted push any key to start off the disk. ( May have to enter the BIOS and select your CD/DVD drive as the Primary boot device or first boot device.) (Since your Netbook does not have a CD drive you may need to use and External DVD drive or get your Netbook repaired by a computer technician.)Then press enter to install Microsoft Windows.Now press F8 to accept the terms.Now you must press R to repair the your currect/selected operating system. By pressing R it will reinstall Windows keeping all your settings and files.Take your Netbook to a computer technician for Windows, claim warranty support if available.Take care!damnor01

Acer Aspire One D257 Laptop doesn't have light on the web cam, theres no problem with youre laptop

This sometimes shows up if the floppy drive is set as the first boot device in Bios, and the disk in the floppy drive is not bootable. Have you attempted to boot to Safe Mode? To enter the Safe Mode menu, continually tap the F8 key just after powering on the computer. If you're abe to boot to Safe Mode, try choosing the option "Last known good configuration" as the boot option. If this doesn't work, try Safe Mode (with or without Networking) We need to know if you can even boot before continuing. If you can't boot then you may need to do a Windows repair. Do you have the OS Disc?Any doubts you can get in touch with a technician through www.thebestpcdoctor.comToll Free: 877 407 9229

have you try to remove the battery and directly connect it to the power outlet?. if the problem still the same, one possible cause would be your power supply of the laptop, i suggest to bring it to the repairshop for full diagnostic. Hope it helps thanks.

you need to clean the keyboard from dust and other unclean things.

try to blow air under the keypads, if you have a bicycle pomp, you can use it gently.
if not use a straw to point the air under the keys.
another option is to remove the keyboard cover and have a major cleanup to the keypad.

Hi,
It has to be opened. The inverter cable needs to be re-seated or replaced to fix it.

Hi ljcoppes...
If you have to use the CD/DVD's for recovery then you will have to buy or borrow a usb connected CD/DVD reader/player.
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Using Acer eRecovery by following these steps:

1.Click Start, and then All Programs
2.Click Acer, and then Acer eRecovery Management
3.You may be prompted to enter or create a password. This password will be required to use eRecovery in the future.
4.In the next window on the left toolbar, select Restore.
5.Choose Reinstall Drivers or Applications
6.Choose Contents
7.Choose the driver or application you wish to install
8.On the right, click the Install link and follow the prompts.
9.The computer may restart when installation is complete. If it does not restart, manually shutdown and restart the computer.
Note: For older Acer products, the Acer eRecovery Management program may not be available.
If you do not have a set of Acer Recovery Media, they may be purchased from our Acer Recovery Media Order Form.
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Hi,
If you have any OS cd for your laptop, reinstall it again.
Just ready the drivers for the media and other system requirement drivers
Or
Go to bios setup and click on the maximum default operation, just to check if it will normally operate the system again, click save when exiting.
Hope that helps you out!

Hi there,
Do other lights stay on?
Please try removing the battery, unplug the unit from the wall and then press and hold the power button for about a minute then plug the laptop into the wall without the battery try turning it on and check if it will be ok.
Hope this helps!

Hi simoran122...
Before you do a format try some of these solutions

Start your computer in the Safe Mode.
To start in Safe Mode.
Turn your computer on.
Keep tapping F8 while the computer is starting up
When the computer starts select Safe Mode
1. Uninstall any softwear you may have put on the computer before the problem started.
2. Do a complete System Restore: Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore.
This will bring your system back to a time before you installed the softwear or Microsoft installed drivers,etc.
Note: Just be sure to use a date in a darkened box, that is before your trouble start date.
When you have done the above, restart the computer and if your still having the problem, then the installed drivers,updates,softwear,etc might have
corrupted the Operating System.
If that happened then that means either repair or reinstall the operating system.
You will need to do the following:
1...Repairing the Operating System...
A...You will have to have the Operating Dics that came with the computer.
Note...If you do not have the disks that came with your computer or the ones you should have made when you first got your computer...then you will have to go to the manufacture's webpage and see if they have a recovery disk available for your computer, if they do not a recovery disks available then you can also try ebay to locate the recovery disks.
The original disks will have your product key number that came with the computer, you can also find it on the tower, or under the bottom of your laptop, or maybe the piece of paper that the CD orginally came in may have the number on it.
You can also download a small program and it will tell you your product key number.
Go to the following webpage to download your FREE key finder.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
B...You will now insert the disc into the CD/DVD player
C...Restart the computer
D...When the window opens that tells you to press "Any" key, you will press any key you want to press.
E...If you do not receive a message that says "press any key to boot from CD", then then the computer is not ready to boot from a cd.
To correct this problem you will have to go into your computer's Bios and change the computer to boot from a CD.
To get into the Bios, shut the computer off,restart, while the computer is starting up keep tapping F1 as the computer is starting up.
When you are in the Bios, select to boot by CD by moving the cursor with the direction arrows on the keyboard.
Once you have selected to boot by cd the exit and restart the computer...the disc is already in the cd/dvd player.
Your system will then boot from the cd.
F...After a minute or less it should ask you if you want to Quit Repair, or Continue.
You will select Repair this time, but you may have to come back here and select Install if the repair does not work.
It will ok the agreement document if it asks you too.
Tap F8 on your keyboard to pass it when ready.
It will ask you if you want to Install, Repair, Delete Partition, or Quit.
Select Repair
Inside the box there will be one or two partitions.
Choose the largest partition.
After you have chosen the largest partition, you will then press the "r" key to start the repair
After the repair is complete, then you will need to restart your computer.
G...Computer Restart
After the repair is complete, shut the computer down (the computer will shut down a few times during the installation of the operating system
that is normal).
Then restart your computer, when the computer restarts it will have a box to put your product key...put the product key in the box and click.
The computer should start up and run as if it was a new computer.
You do not need to re-register
You can now remove the disc.
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If this fails to clear your problem then you may have a hardware problem.
It could be faulty ram
If you still have the same problem, then you have two choices.
1.Reinstall the entire Operating System and you may have to update some drivers.
This will require you to go back to the start of the repair info and select Install instead of Repair.
2..Take your machine in to have the hardware tested.
Keep in mind that if you do a complete reinstall of the Operating System you will lose all the information on the computer,such as pictures, programs, videos, everything you installed will be gone.
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from device manager,try to rollback the driver and restart computer..if still the same thing?
device manager again and then uninstall it/then reinstall after that?restart computer,if still the same thing?update the driver and restart computer.
if still the same thing?i suggest go to the nearest Acer shop to have it checked.

Find the num lock key, operated with the Fn key together, it will alternate the buttons from letters to numbers.

Hello,

I have used deep freeze software. It is primarily used when computers are shared, or personally can be used for protection of your computer from virus or other malware.

If you create a file and save it, it will be deleted by deep freeze upon the next reboot, unless you open the program and reboot to the thawed mode first. In thawed mode you can create files or other items that will not be deleted. You can boot thawed up to 10 times, then the next boot will be in freeze mode.

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The repair probably didn't directly cause this; it's likely that the keyboard driver is corrupted and may have to be re-installed.

This option is available for the Ulimate verion. What version of Windows 7 do you have already installed?

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