factory reset acer aspire 4330

[CearaG]

trying to do a factory reset on my acer aspire 4330 it originally came with windows vista but was upgraded while in school to windows 7. When i press alt+f10 or just f10 i get a edit boot options

Edit windows boot for: Windows 7
Path: \windows\system32\winload.exe
Partition: 2
Hard Disk: a32ec81b
[ /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
PLEASE HELP

 

[corroded]

If you installed 7 over the factory Vista... the Factory Vista is gone....

 

[CearaG]

I know that

 

[corroded]

OK... IF you can talk to someone @ Acer, they will charge you ~$40 for a factory DVD set. They have some of the worst support around. Or they will charge $400 for a factory rebuild...

 

[CearaG]

That's not really option right now. Is there someway i can do it with out a disk

 

[corroded]

not really... Not "Factory" "Out of Box" state...

 

[CearaG]

Honestly any state better then the current one would help

 

[corroded]

do you have the Win7 disk?

If you do or can get one (same version as installed now)

http/windowssecrets.com/top-story/win7s-no-reformat-nondestructive-reinstall/

 

[CearaG]

No my college installed win 7 for me

 

[corroded]

...and you have no backup image, no factory disks, no OS disks, and ... you want to put it back to Vista..?

Try Ubuntu... It is free.