aspire v7 482pg replaced a new HDD, where can i download OS from?
the orig hdd brokedown, so i install new hdd, i just want to know where to download orig windows os for acer(with acer logo while boot)
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The only way to get OEM Window OS back with Acer's apps is bringing your laptop to Acer Services in your country and ask them to reinstall the original system and reset the laptop to factory defaults. A small service fee ($25 in the Philippes) will be charged.
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The only way to get OEM Window OS back with Acer's apps is bringing your laptop to Acer Services in your country and ask them to reinstall the original system and reset the laptop to factory defaults. A small service fee ($25 in the Philippes) will be charged.
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thanks a much, btw, i just found out that it has 24gb ssd, i thinks 24gb is too small for os, so im wondering what is the purpose of it, some say its for startup. so im wondering if i install newly fresh os, would it affect
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You have a 500GB 2.5" Sata mechanical HDD + 20GB SSD as recovery drive. Don't touch that SSD. This is a 10-year-old Windows 8 laptop so keep it simple with upgrading the storage. Focus on the 2.5" Sata HDD and consider replacing it with a 2.5" Sata 1TB Samsung EVO 870 Plus V-NAND SSD.
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Download the Microsoft Win-10 and install that, as the oem OS from Acer is not available and to get this OS you will have to wait a long time with Acer. You have all the Win-10 drivers for this laptop at Acer V7-482PG Drivers & Manuals, also update the bios to the last bios update and upgrade the boot drive to a new SATA III SSD 2.5" drive and install Win-10 from Microsoft and then update all the drivers, as that is the best way to install an OS on this laptop. That is what I ages ago to my Aspire V3-571G and its running Win-10 Pro, with 8GB DDR3-1866MHz ram and its speedy and its been very reliable since Win-10 was released as I updated it from Win-8.
V7-482PG compatible storage
Upgrade the ram to this laptops max spec like a 1x 8GB DDR3-1600Mhz module to get the max ram of 12GB with the 4GB onboard soldered ram.
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thanks so what should i do when i replace the hdd, what is the recovery drive, is it for os or for boot only, should i install fresh windows 8 os on new hdd or is there other way. i mean, as i know, recovery is for os, how should i put it. is the sdd recovery drive for recovering windows or for startup purpose only
can some give me instructions on replacing the hdd to make it run again. not in physical aspect but in software
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https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
Follow this tutorial to install Windows10 Home 64-bit on the 2.5" Sata HDD (or 2.5" Sata SSD). Steven showed in the above comment that you can replace your 20GB SSD for a 256GB Sata SSD so you could install W10 on the 250GB Sata SSD and make that your primary boot drive and your 2.5" Sata drive your secondary drive for data storage, it will boot faster.0
