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The wired LAN driver wouldn't install. Can't remember exactly what it was. Will have to look again after work. The wireless WLAN is an Atheros AR5B97 I believe and the driver does install but says something like device could not start or device not working. Part of the problem is Acer no...

What are the chances of damage to the connections for both the wired and the wireless adapters? Currently using an Alfa wireless card but just curious. If one or the other network adapter wasn't working I'd chalk it up to damage but both not working almost seems like it could be software...

Hello everyone! I have a revived/repaired Acer 7551g-7459 laptop and neither Debian, Ubuntu, or Windows 7 can detect both the wired ethernet and the mini PCIe wireless network adapters. No errors, just not detecting them at all. A little background. This laptop was on its way to the garbage...

Well I've been really busy lately but did some more research today. Also spoke to someone with quite a bit of Linux experience. I was on the right track with Gparted. You listed the proper steps to do it. I've decided against it for two reasons: it's a time-consuming operation, and it's very...

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School has just started and I haven't had time to try anything. The little research I've done has come up with nothing. That Aomei program looks alright. Can you copy a partition with the free version? If not, I'll have to look elsewhere. It would be nice to copy that Linux partition to the...

Alright, first off let me say hi to everyone on these wonderful forums. You guys have been a big help to me over the years. Now I have a problem that I can't seem to find enough information to fix. I have two 500GB HDD's on this laptop. My primary HDD has 5 partitions: Primary HDD: sda0 = 14GB...