Acer System Recovery

Acer computer repair takes special knowledge of the Acer brand of PCs. While most computers are very similar, major brand name manufacturer’s have proprietary designs and techniques that require working knowledge of their design. In general, your Acer computer will consist of components similar to other computer, such as a motherboard, CPU, Hard drive, memory, video card, etc. But there will be subtle differences like how to recover your system in the event of an emergency. Having a reliable method of recoverying your Operating System is essential. The techniques below will revert your Acer computer back to factory defaults and you will lose any information you have since saved. It is recommended that you do regular backups of images, documents, music and anything else you do not want to lose.

You have three basic ways to recover your Acer computer: Restore system to factory defaults, restore from a backup you performed, or restore from a CD or DVD.

Restore system to factory default

1. Enter the password created when eRecovery was first started.
2. Read the  warning and select “Yes” to proceed.
3. Click Next. The recovery process will start.

When the system recovery is finished, the system will re-start and will need to complete the setup of Windows. When setup is complete a process will clean up the recovery files.

Restore system from user backup

1. If you have created a backup, this option will be available.
2. Select the backup file you want to restore.
3. Follow the on screen prompts.

When the recovery is complete the system will re-start and will need to complete the setup of Windows. When setup is complete a process will clean up the recovery files.

Restore system from cd/dvd

1. If recovery cd/dvd’s were created, they can be used to restore the system.
2. Insert disc 1 and follow the prompts.

When recovery is complete the system will re-start and will need to complete the setup of Windows. When setup is complete a process will clean up the recovery files.

Note: It is highly recommended that you make system recovery disks for your Acer computer if it did not ship with them.