Having Problems With Laptop - Any Recommended Stores?

[corkman]

At the moment I am running:

Windows Vista Home Basic

6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

Acer Aspire 7730

X86- Based PC

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.0GHz, 1995 MHz 2 Core(s) 2 Logical processors

Installed physical memory 4.00GB

Total physical memory 2.93GB

Available physical memory 2.38GB

Total virtual memory 6.06GB

Available virtual memory 5.69GB

Page file space 3.22GB

Between life and work I haven't gotten around to upgrading to Windows 7 yet, but think I will do it over the next few days.

Just to recap - I want to upgrade from my vista to win 7 64 bit. I am going to go for the Home Premium version.

So, if I walk into the Acer shop, with the laptop in hand, they should be unable to uninstall my vista home basic and install win 7 64 bit, and then the machine should be good as (better than) new?

Are there any other upgrade options I should consider while I am at it?

Have you already saved your important data to another location? 'Uninstalling' Vista will cause you to lose all of your data. Do you have the Drivers disc for the ACER?

Even though Windows 7 is definitely a better OS than Windows Vista, a clean install of Windows Vista will cost you nothing and bring the speed back to your machine.

You can install Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate 64 bit for free in order to evaluate the operating system. You'll get more function and will be able to fully utilise your RAM.

I can talk you through the installation if you wish to attempt it yourself.

No, I do not have a drivers disk from ACER. The machine did have have one when I purchased it.

Thanks - I would be interested in exploring the idea of Vista 64. Do I download it first, or what?

[Jiu-Jitsu]

At the moment I am running:

Windows Vista Home Basic

6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

Acer Aspire 7730

X86- Based PC

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.0GHz, 1995 MHz 2 Core(s) 2 Logical processors

Installed physical memory 4.00GB

Total physical memory 2.93GB

Available physical memory 2.38GB

Total virtual memory 6.06GB

Available virtual memory 5.69GB

Page file space 3.22GB

Between life and work I haven't gotten around to upgrading to Windows 7 yet, but think I will do it over the next few days.

Just to recap - I want to upgrade from my vista to win 7 64 bit. I am going to go for the Home Premium version.

So, if I walk into the Acer shop, with the laptop in hand, they should be unable to uninstall my vista home basic and install win 7 64 bit, and then the machine should be good as (better than) new?

Are there any other upgrade options I should consider while I am at it?

Have you already saved your important data to another location? 'Uninstalling' Vista will cause you to lose all of your data. Do you have the Drivers disc for the ACER?

Even though Windows 7 is definitely a better OS than Windows Vista, a clean install of Windows Vista will cost you nothing and bring the speed back to your machine.

You can install Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate 64 bit for free in order to evaluate the operating system. You'll get more function and will be able to fully utilise your RAM.

I can talk you through the installation if you wish to attempt it yourself.

No, I do not have a drivers disk from ACER. The machine did have have one when I purchased it.

Thanks - I would be interested in exploring the idea of Vista 64. Do I download it first, or what?

In this case you will need to retrieve the drivers from the ACER website. What is the full model number of the machine?

You'll need a genuine Vista installation disc. Don't be tempted to download a torrent unless you can check the hashes. Will also need to check that you have the correct Motherboard installed for your machine before we can proceed.

Will guide you via PM. Let me know when you are ready to sit down and run through it. We'll get the installation and driver discs ready and then go from there.

You can start by going to the ACER website to begin downloading and saving the drivers for your to your Desktop. Once there, you can un-zip/un-rar the downloaded files to expose the folders within and then you can transfer those folders to a CD. It is more simple than it sounds and will make it as easy as pie to reinstall your Drivers and have a handy disc should you need one if the future.

I can talk you through this step by step via PM if you feel that you don't understand.

Once we have the discs ready, the installation itself is quick and easy.

[Jiu-Jitsu]

I have a genuine Vista Ultimate x64 disc. Just waiting for you to confirm the full model number of your laptop. Then we can go about downloading the correct drivers and creating a Driver disc.