Having problems with your Acer Aspire 3680 Laptop ?
Corrupt OS Help!!!!!!I have an acer aspire 3680, that has a corrupt OS I have tried all the options in safe mode but they dont work. I am aware of the fact that I must conduct a repair installation but unfortunately I do not have the windows XP cd. Can this repair installation be done without the cd?? will all my files and previous data be intact after this???
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Did you try the Last Good Known Config ?
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