Hello. I bought the Aspire E1-522 notebook today. It came with Windows 8 and a lot of trialware so I wiped the drive, installed a clean copy of Windows 8 Pro, and then install all the latest drivers from the Support website.
Everything works fine except for the WiFi. The adapter just doesn't work. The driver installs fine but in Device Manager it says that "Device failed to start". I reinstalled Windows and the driver several times but it doesn't work.
WiFi worked absolutely fine before I formatted. All other drivers install/work fine.
Moreover, since I deleted the recovery partition, I tried to order a recovery USB drive (eRecovery) but the Acer store returns an error "No RCD available for the entered Serial Number."
I spoke to someone in support and he basically told me that no recovery media exists for my model and that basically there is nothing I can do.
I guess it is my fault for messing with the recovery partition, but then again, why would the computer's WiFi not work with the same exact OS and same exact driver, just a different product key and no trialware?
In any case, the store where I bought the laptop from of course refused to accept an exchange of the laptop because it is running a "different OS". I don't blame them since it is my fault.
This is post is basically a warning and a reminder not to mess up with your recovery partitions for any reason. I feel bad for losing $400 on the laptop and $100 on Windows but I hope someone else learns from my mistake.
