Acer 6460 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. Be default,
user-created backups are stored on D:\ drive. Acer eRecovery Management provides:
Password protection
Recovery of applications and drives
Image or data backup:
Backup to HDD (set recovery point)
Backup to CD or DVD
Image/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.
Acer eSettings Management
Acer eSettings Management allows you to inspect hardware specification, change BIOS passwords or other
Windows settings, and to monitor the system health status.
Acer eSettings Management also: