You can doublecheck the boot order (which should be one of the settings in your BIOS too) and make sure the harddisk is the first device your laptop attempts to boot from.
If your laptop didn't come with restore CDs there is often a special restore partition on the harddisk which you can use to restore. When you turn it on, see if it says something like "Press FX for recovery", or check the manual for recovering options.
If that doesn't work you could either call Acer and ask if they provider restore CDs. But if they do you usually pay a fee for them these days. Or you could do as Todd suggested:
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Originally posted by todd toddington
buy/download operating system and try repair or do a clean install
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Originally posted by Hybrid
I got leopard to install but after it finished installing all I get is an apple with a circle and a slash ( like do not smoke signs ) anyone familiar with apple enough to explain?
I'm not familiar with Apple OS at all, but you are installing Apple on a laptop it was not designed for. Apple wants you to run their OS only on their hardware. The Apple OS probably doesn't have the proper drivers to run on your Acer laptop. What OS were you using on this laptop before it stopped working?
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