Your drive will be reformatted and all data will be erased. . Warning: This process will erase all your data. And so on until the process is complete. Depending on its current position, you may need to press F6 multiple times to move it up. Acer strongly supports efforts within the software industry to combat piracy, as it helps ensure that customers may confidently buy legal software. Refer to onscreen instructions to set the first device to any bootable optical disc drive.
If you can not remember it, go to and find out how you can recover the password. A recovery disk is also known as a restore disc, repair disc, boot disc or rescue disk. Do so by following the wizard instructions. Depending on your Acer computer model the following options can be slightly different, but you should be able to change the password. If you want to restore the computer using your saved Acer recovery disks, follow these instructions. A list of files should be listed now, one of each should be named as aimdrs. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process.
You can boot into the recovery mode by pressing and holding the Alt and F10 key, when the splash screen appears at the Acer logo , after you restart your computer. Common issues is having the software stuck at 0% or 99% or at loading files. Otherwise, select No, keep the existing partitions. Backup your files before proceeding! All of the recovery solutions will address the extremely rare instances of failure due to operating system file corruption or modification or hardware failure. I have an Acer Inspiron One model zg5. Restore instructions for Windows Vista If you want to restore the computer using the created Acer recovery disks, follow these steps. Your Windows 8 system must have the updates released in May, 2013 by Microsoft installed.
You can type Acer in the Search programs and files search bar. Warning: This action will erase all your personal files. The Incremental backup fast option will be active after the first Full backup is done. Incremental backups are faster and they use less space. Press the power button to turn the system on.
Run Acer eRecovery Management in Safe Mode If you are not able to boot into Windows, you can try running Acer eRecovery Management in Safe Mode and try changing the password from this mode. Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu or press. The hard disk or the Acer recovery partition required to restore the computer to default settings might be corrupted. Warning: Restoring to Factory Settings will erase all your personal files. Label them with a permanent marker and keep them safe! Important Information The Recovery disc will help you to restore the hard drive with the original software content that was installed when you purchased your notebook. Warning: Restoring your computer to its factory default settings erases all data from your computer and reinstalls Windows. Microsoft released a hotfix for this issue in May, 2013.
Label them and keep them safe! Follow the steps below to rebuild your hard drive. Warning: This process erases all your data. You can use Easy Recovery Essentials our recovery and repair disk to automatically find and fix boot errors. These instructions are for Windows Vista. Create the recovery disks for Acer using Acer eRecovery Management Acer computers have, by default, a recovery partition similar to the recovery partition of Dell computers that allows users to restore their Windows system. Fully clean the drive longer, but cleans the entire drive this is recommended.
There are two ways to do this: 2. Note: Easy Recovery Essentials can not be used to install or reinstall Windows. All previous data will be removed from the flash drive during this process. These steps are for the Acer eRecovery Management software without the Empowering Technology name. Backup your files before you continue with this process. Forgot the password for Acer eRecovery Management Default password Acer eRecovery Management software default password is 000000 6 zeros.
Fix 2: You can run the chkdsk command through Command Prompt to verify the integrity of your hard drive. Save the changes and exit. This software is available in most computers made by Acer, by default — unless removed manually. It may take up to 30-40 minutes. Note: Depending on your computer model the following screenshots and steps from these instructions might be slightly different. The software that allows you to create a recovery media, reinstall Windows without the original installation disk and reinstall the drivers of your system is called Acer eRecovery Management. Make sure the drive you are about to use is blank.
These instructions are similar with those of Windows Vista. By default this is 000000 6 zeros. If you have a desktop from Acer, press Del instead. Change the password If you need to change the password, but you are able to boot your computer follow these instructions. If any bad sectors are found, chkdsk will try to repair the sectors resulting in potential data lost found in any of those sectors. If your computer displays boot errors, you can run the Automated Repair feature to automatically find and fix boot errors. Do you want to continue creating the backup discs? You can type the folder name in the Search programs and files search bar.