aspire 5742z-4685 clean windows 7 install

baldbarn · ‎03-19-2014

The hard drive on my 5742z completely failed. I could not recover using the recovery discs because they could not access the hard drive. Finally, my only recourse was to buy an OEM version of windows 7 home premium, take out the old garbage drive and install a new samsung 840Pro 256GB SSB. Everything is working fine with the new clean installation except the dedicated keys on the keyboard don't work (example: Fn-F3 which enables WiFi). I assume that is because none of the original acer software is present. Is there any way I can still enable those dedicated keys? Would it be possible to use any of the original recovery discs to do it without lousing up my clean installation of windows 7?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Sharanji · ‎03-19-2014

hi...

You need to install the launch manager application to enable to function keys : Launch Manager Application

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baldbarn · ‎03-20-2014

Thanks a million for your prompt response. My wireless connection problem has been solved.

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