I have an Acer 3002LCi laptop. I upgraded the RAM to the maximum 2GB. I also installed a WD Scorpio Blue PATA 250GB HDD. I installed Windows 7 from disk and computer shows drives C and D but drive C only shows 127GB of space and drive D only shows 100MB of space. How can I get the full 250GB on one partition, or how can I do it with two partions (C, D)?

Compatibility is something that is not something to worry about these days. It's either the same type of HDD or not. While some Manufacturers of the laptop itself may have a special HDD with and extra feature... like shock detection (Toshiba) it would still not be necessary to get the same one unless you found the feature useful. As long as it is either SATA or PATA. But more than likely it SATA as PATA is very old. Speed is an option as a matter of fact. 5400 RPMs is optional while you could increase speed to 7200 RPMS at a higher cost.

You can even super upgrade to Solid-state drives that are still the same as your SATA, but use spinless technology for optimal speeds! The power is yours!

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Good Luck!

the original drive had an image that the motherboard looks for if it does not find the recovery image on hdd it is not recognised.

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If you can find a PATA SSD then probably. You should make sure that the rider is manually to the master. There could also be compatibility problems.
Overall, I would recommend you just replace it with a regular PATA HDD... There is less chance of a problem.
ram also you can upgrade according to your laptop support

250gb

Hi,
I recommend that you switch to Windows 7 without upgrading your RAM. Windows 7 is a lot faster, better and uses less RAM than Vista. Recommended RAM for running Windows 7 is 1GB but I have installed them on a Centrino 1.5GHz with 768Mb of RAM and they run perfectly.
So make the upgrade to Windows 7 anyway and if you feel that you need more power then you can get more RAM.
Also, download Windows 7 upgrade advisor to check if your pc is compatible. Download upgrade advisor here.

If you have windows xp with service pack 3, there is no limit. There is no limit if you run Vistaor Windows 7. If you don't have service pack 3, you are limited to 137 gb.

what the max ram is for this laptop? I bought 2x2GB dual channel ram for it and windows vista home premium (32bit) only recognizes upto 2GB, but CPU-Z recognizes more than that.