Acer 8200 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:
Password protection
Recovery of applications and drives
Image or data backup:
Backup to HDD (set recovery point)
Backup to CD or DVD
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.
Acer eNet Management
Acer eNet Management helps you to quickly and easily connect to both wired and wireless networks in a variety of
locations. To access this utility, either click on the “Acer eNet Management” icon on the notebook, or start the
program from the Start menu. You also have the option to set Acer eNet Management to start automatically when
you boot up the PC.
Acer eNet Management automatically detects the best settings for a new location, while offering you the freedom
to manually adjust the settings to match your needs, simply by right clicking on the icon in the task bar.