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...your computer 7 Taking care of your AC adapterPower cord information 7 Taking care of your battery pack 8 Cleaning and servicing 8 Your Acer notebook tour 9 Screen view 9 Keyboard view 10 Left view 11 Information on USB 3.0 12 Right view 12 Base view 13 ...keys and embedded numeric keypad 14 Hotkeys 15 Windows keys 16 Touchpad 17 Touchpad basics 17 Touchpad gestures 17 Recovery 19 Creating a recovery backup 19 Creating a drivers and applications backup 21 Recovering your system 23 Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 23 Returning to an earlier...
...your computer 7 Taking care of your AC adapterPower cord information 7 Taking care of your battery pack 8 Cleaning and servicing 8 Your Acer notebook tour 9 Screen view 9 Keyboard view 10 Left view 11 Information on USB 3.0 12 Right view 12 Base view 13 ...keys and embedded numeric keypad 14 Hotkeys 15 Windows keys 16 Touchpad 17 Touchpad basics 17 Touchpad gestures 17 Recovery 19 Creating a recovery backup 19 Creating a drivers and applications backup 21 Recovering your system 23 Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 23 Returning to an earlier...
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... page 62) do not help, you can 'recover' your computer to the same state as possible. Acer provides Acer Recovery Management, which allows you to create a recovery backup, a drivers and applications backup, and to an earlier state. In certain situations a full recovery will restore your computer... of storage after formatting, it to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. Creating a recovery backup To reinstall from a USB storage drive, you create a Recovery Backup and Drivers and Applications Backup and as soon as when you purchased it, while...
... page 62) do not help, you can 'recover' your computer to the same state as possible. Acer provides Acer Recovery Management, which allows you to create a recovery backup, a drivers and applications backup, and to an earlier state. In certain situations a full recovery will restore your computer... of storage after formatting, it to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. Creating a recovery backup To reinstall from a USB storage drive, you create a Recovery Backup and Drivers and Applications Backup and as soon as when you purchased it, while...
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... the USB drive, you cannot restore your computer, you will be shown the backup progress on your computer. Creating a drivers and applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you You will remember. Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the... the USB recovery backup to delete the recovery information on the screen. 5. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the backup, such as 'Windows Recovery Backup'. Unplug the USB drive and label it completes. 6. Recovery - 21 • Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB ...
... the USB drive, you cannot restore your computer, you will be shown the backup progress on your computer. Creating a drivers and applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you You will remember. Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the... the USB recovery backup to delete the recovery information on the screen. 5. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the backup, such as 'Windows Recovery Backup'. Unplug the USB drive and label it completes. 6. Recovery - 21 • Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB ...
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... are reinstalling using either your computer: 1. You can reinstall using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer, you have created. • Other applications - From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of the Acer Resource Center. Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. 3. If you need to reinstall device...
... are reinstalling using either your computer: 1. You can reinstall using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer, you have created. • Other applications - From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of the Acer Resource Center. Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. 3. If you need to reinstall device...
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...for each item you can return to one of hard-to-resolve software problems, you want to start. • If Acer Resource Center does not start automatically, press the Windows key + , then double-click on the optical drive icon. • If you are using a USB drive, press... the Windows key + , then double-click on the drive that contains the backup. Repeat this step for Acer Resource Center to reinstall. If you are reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. 2. Recovery - 25 4. Repeat this step...
...for each item you can return to one of hard-to-resolve software problems, you want to start. • If Acer Resource Center does not start automatically, press the Windows key + , then double-click on the optical drive icon. • If you are using a USB drive, press... the Windows key + , then double-click on the drive that contains the backup. Repeat this step for Acer Resource Center to reinstall. If you are reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. 2. Recovery - 25 4. Repeat this step...
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... page 26. • If you cannot run Windows and have not deleted the recovery partition, see Recovering from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. Type 'Windows system restore' in the list of the window. 3. Click the latest restore point (at the... Help and Support in the Search Help box, then press Enter. Note For more information about using the restore point you install software or device drivers. Returning to its factory condition. click Yes.
... page 26. • If you cannot run Windows and have not deleted the recovery partition, see Recovering from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. Type 'Windows system restore' in the list of the window. 3. Click the latest restore point (at the... Help and Support in the Search Help box, then press Enter. Note For more information about using the restore point you install software or device drivers. Returning to its factory condition. click Yes.
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... Factory Settings' will erase all software and drivers. Customized Restore will attempt to retain your hard drive. Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that were pre-installed on page 29. ...See Customized Restore with Acer Recovery Management 1. Recovery - 27 Two options are available...
... Factory Settings' will erase all software and drivers. Customized Restore will attempt to retain your hard drive. Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that were pre-installed on page 29. ...See Customized Restore with Acer Recovery Management 1. Recovery - 27 Two options are available...
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... software and drivers that were preinstalled on the type of BIOS your PC to select the Main menu. Press the down key until F12 Boot Menu is selected, press to change this setting to open the boot menu. e. Your computer will be removed (except software installed from the Windows Store). a. Windows starts from... Enter. Software installed since you to select which device to start the reset process: Reset your PC deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers.
... software and drivers that were preinstalled on the type of BIOS your PC to select the Main menu. Press the down key until F12 Boot Menu is selected, press to change this setting to open the boot menu. e. Your computer will be removed (except software installed from the Windows Store). a. Windows starts from... Enter. Software installed since you to select which device to start the reset process: Reset your PC deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers.