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START Button > Right Click Computer > Manage > Disk Management

Then look at how many partitions show up. If you only have a C: drive but 2 partitions show up then there maybe a recovery partition, likewise if you have a C: and D: drive and 3 partitions show.

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In disk managament the upper box is empty and the lower section has cd-rom 0 and underneath that CD-rom 1....doesnt seem to show my HDD

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http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx?ID={c49dcbc3-5d7d-4648-b7de-4f33b636dd5e}&CatID={0f14f6c1-95cb-4ba0-bcc3-22ac086e666a}

Gives you the proper way to do the Packard Bell Restore.

As you don't have a working Floppy drive then you can try http://www.digitaldatasolutions.co.u...isk%20Creater/ on a working computer. It will create a bootable CD for you, which will boot you into recovery providing you haven't wiped the partition or had the hard drive replaced.

The recover partition will not show in windows as the partition is marked as hidden.

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Disk manager should show all partitions, hidden or otherwise, but often there's a bug/fault that makes it show no hard drives at all (sounds like you have it).

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Correct. I meant it would not show in My Computer.
Regarding creating Master CDs, there should be a program called Smart Restore under your start menu (All Programs > Packard Bell Support > SmartRestore), within that program you can launch the Recovery CD creator. If no such option is available then you can contact Packard Bell (acer) on 0871 467 0008.

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I have tried that useful boot website and it still just boots as normal which is a bit of a bugger, any idea why it doesnt work?!! I might buy some more CD's just incase the one i am using is abit dodgey!! I have tried smart restore also however it asks for cd-rom 1 which i do not have or know of!!

.....Just out of interest if i were to buy windows 7 or vista would this solve my problems and make my pc run smoother? Like as a last chance kinda thingy?? Thanks for helping btw much appreciated!!

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Windows 7 is a better choice than vista, I've had 7 running on 1GHz Centrino based tablets without a problem, it has a smaller footprint than vista too.

How much Ram does the machine have? and what is the processor / hard drive capacity?

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I dont think my computer would be compatable for windows 7, the spec for it shows you need 1GB Ram and my computer only shows 977MB however i have bought a new laptop in the meantime.

In regards to my computer recovery i did manage to get the disk to work from the website you gave me http://www.digitaldatasolutions.co.u...isk%20Creater/ and it took me so far before it asked me for MASTER CD 1 I can only boot my computer in safe mode as none of my start up icons appear..... In regards to smart restore it also asks me for CD-ROM 1 but it does have 'a floppy disk sign' which is a recovery disk creator.... This only gets so far before an error message appears 'error 6'.... I have bought a USB floppy disk as i felt my floppy drive was not working properly. When i had both USB floppy drive and my old floppy drive in at the same time it shows a floppy drive symbol on the smart restore. However it stills wants to work with my old floppy drive which doesnt work. So i took out the cable leading to the floppy drive so it wouldnt detect the drive and only the USB drive. Now the symbol indicating 'a floppy disk' (From smart restore) is no longer there even though i have my USB Drive present. Any help?!!