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Acer eRecovery
Acer eRecovery is a tool to quickly backup and restore the system. User
can create and save a backup of the current system configuration to
hard drive, CD, or DVD.
Acer eRecovery consists of the following functions:
1 Create backup
2 Restore from backup
3 Create factory default image CD
4 Re-install bundled software without CD
5 Change Acer eRecovery password
This chapter will guide you through each process.
Note: This feature is only available on certain models. For systems
that do not have a built-in optical disk burner, plug in an external
USB or IEEE 1394-compatible optical disk burner before entering
Acer eRecovery for optical disk related tasks.
Create backup
Users can create and save backup images to hard drive, CD, or DVD.
1 Boot to Windows
®
XP
2 Press <Alt>+<F10> to open the Acer eRecovery utility.
3 Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.
4 In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and
click Next.
5 In the Recovery settings window, select Backup snapshot image
and click Next.
6 Select the backup method.
aUse Backup to HDD to store the backup disk image on
drive D:.
b Backup to optical device to store the backup disk image on CD
or DVD.
7 After choosing the backup method, click Next.