How can i dowmload the acerwireless travelmate drive

To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link.

In case of your Acer laptop the easiest method would be using software from Hiren's Boot CD as it's pretty hard to open it up and reach for the CMOS battery or the jumper and I wouldn't recommend doing it especially if it's under warranty.

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook. It is in PDF format so you will need a pdf reader like the free download adobe.

Go to chapter 3, page 63. That will explain the removal of the hard drive carrier and the drive itself.

http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/travelmate%20230%20280.pdf

Hello,

Restart your laptop. Press ALT and F10 together continuously quickly when you see the Acer Logo at start-up. Keep pressing this combination until it says "Loading Files".

Note that you have to have the original Acer Setup and did not format the hard drive then this option will work. Also note that when you do the restore, all info on "C" Drive is lost so it would be advised to make a backup before restoring.

Use a bootable cd. do the format from that menu. alternatively, use third party bootable softwares to format the hdd.

Here is the driver for your Acer Travelmate 2428 Wireless:
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/AS3620_80211bg.zip


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you can format it just open my computer
then right clik on drive which you want to format then clik on format then slect NTFS or FAT32 then enable quick fomat then "yes"

Yo ucan not format drive on which windows installed most of C: drive.
And if you have bbotable disk then you ALSO FORMAT WITH IT BOOT YOUR COMPUTER WITH WINXP DISK THEN follow the procedure .

Hi there.
There is a strong possibility that the hard drive has bad sectors on it so the recovery CD cannot format it or cannot write to the hard drive.
If the PC is still under manufacturers warranty i recommend you take take advantage of that, if not then take the hard drive out of the laptop, attach it to another computer as a slave device and try to format it, if it formats put it back in run the recovery CD again, but this time just install the OS don't format it.
If symptoms persist consider using a new hard drive.

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Windows Reinstallation Disk option:

Insert Windows Reinstallation disk into tray, Boot to CD/DVD-ROM by pressing F12 at initial boot screens, delete existing Windows partition, re-create partition, and then follow steps to reinstall Windows. This will lead you to an option for formatting hard drive. I recommend choosing the full format versus the quick, from this point you can let windows install, or just shut the computer down when the format finishes. You will have to watch the progress, though, if you don't want the install to commence.


Boot disk option:

For XP, 95, 98, or ME, follow the instructions at this MS article page. It will walk you through creating a boot disk that will allow you to format.

You will need a floppy disk or CD

hi,
download prt tool from http://tinyurl.com/359y72 and run it in safe mode the issue will be resolved.
revert back in case of any querry.

push it back firmly in place, may have lost contact

if not, replace it