Acer 5110 Laptop User Manual


 
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Acer eRecovery Management
Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility with the need for recovery disks provided by the
manufacturer. The Acer eRecovery Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on the
system’s HDD. User-created backups are stored on D:\ drive. Acer eRecovery Management
provides:
T Password protection
T Recovery of applications and drives
T Image or data backup:
Backup to HDD (set recovery point)
Backup to CD or DVD
T Image or data recovery tools:
Recovery from a hidden partition (factory defaults)
Recovery from the HDD (most recent user-defined recovery point)
Recovery from CD or DVD
NOTE: If the computer did not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery
Management’s “System backup to optical disk” feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. To
ensure the best results when recovering the system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management,
detach all peripherals (except external Acer ODD, if equipped), including the Acer ezDock.