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   Posted by: Dreadgerbil
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   So I bought a used Acer Aspire 5050 a few months ago and it has been working like a champ since I updated it to Windows 7 when I got it.

   Yesterday morning it wouldn't boot properly and I was getting an error that read, basically:
   Media test failed, cable not connected, could not find operating system.

   Well, no problem since I had the nice recovery discs.

   However, the recovery discs stall on the initial system disc at stage 2: Checking password.

   It doesn't give me a dialog box to type in any password, I'm not sure what the password would even be, and it won't highlight any recovery option other than exit.

   I've contacted support a couple of times and always just get the same canned response about using the recovery discs.

   Where do I go from here?

   Posted 1 year ago #

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