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Question posted by DogBox on June 30th, 2013

Acer Aspire 1640 Service Manual

Looking for the correct F key + Alt to get my Acer Aspire 1640 to Factory Reset after backing up all my programs. Anybody know? Does the user manual have it? Thanks, DogBox

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Answer #1: Posted by CaptainUighur on July 1st, 2013 5:01 PM

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