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... 6 Turning your computer off 6 Taking care of your computer 7 Taking care of your AC adapter 7 Cleaning and servicing 8 Your Acer notebook tour 9 Screen view 9 Keyboard view 10 Left view 11 Information on USB 3.0 11 Right view 12 Base view 13 Using ...the keyboard 14 Lock keys 14 Hotkeys 14 Windows keys 15 Touchpad 16 Touchpad basics 16 Touchpad gestures 16 Recovery 18 Creating a recovery backup 18 Creating a drivers and applications backup 20 Recovering your system 22 Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 23 Returning to an earlier system...
... 6 Turning your computer off 6 Taking care of your computer 7 Taking care of your AC adapter 7 Cleaning and servicing 8 Your Acer notebook tour 9 Screen view 9 Keyboard view 10 Left view 11 Information on USB 3.0 11 Right view 12 Base view 13 Using ...the keyboard 14 Lock keys 14 Hotkeys 14 Windows keys 15 Touchpad 16 Touchpad basics 16 Touchpad gestures 16 Recovery 18 Creating a recovery backup 18 Creating a drivers and applications backup 20 Recovering your system 22 Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 23 Returning to an earlier system...
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... 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 to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. Recovery RECOVERY If you are having trouble with a...recovery will restore your computer's hard drive, including Windows and all settings and personal data. Note Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB of your computer to retain all factory-loaded software and drivers. Acer provides Acer Recovery Management, which allows you can 'recover'...
... 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 to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. Recovery RECOVERY If you are having trouble with a...recovery will restore your computer's hard drive, including Windows and all settings and personal data. Note Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB of your computer to retain all factory-loaded software and drivers. Acer provides Acer Recovery Management, which allows you can 'recover'...
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... 5. If you delete this information, you cannot restore your computer, you will be shown the backup progress on the backup, such as 'Windows Recovery Backup'. Recovery • Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB of storage after formatting, it is recommended to use the ...USB recovery backup to delete the recovery information on your computer. Creating a drivers and applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the factory-loaded software...
... 5. If you delete this information, you cannot restore your computer, you will be shown the backup progress on the backup, such as 'Windows Recovery Backup'. Recovery • Since the recovery backup requires at least 16 GB of storage after formatting, it is recommended to use the ...USB recovery backup to delete the recovery information on your computer. Creating a drivers and applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the factory-loaded software...
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...did not come pre-installed on your computer, you are reinstalling using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer from the factory. If you need to reinstall device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer, follow that software's installation instructions.... • New device drivers - Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps....
...did not come pre-installed on your computer, you are reinstalling using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer from the factory. If you need to reinstall device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer, follow that software's installation instructions.... • New device drivers - Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps....
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Recovery 3. Images for the item 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 reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. Insert the Drivers and Applications Backup into the disc drive or connect it...
Recovery 3. Images for the item 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 reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. Insert the Drivers and Applications Backup into the disc drive or connect it...
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You should see the Contents section of the window. 3. Returning to an earlier system snapshot Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a '... to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Click Open System Restore, then Next. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you want to one of apps.... Click System and Security > Action Center, then click Recovery at the bottom of the Acer Resource Center. Type 'Windows system restore' in the Search Help box, then press Enter. Recovery - 25 2. Click the install...
You should see the Contents section of the window. 3. Returning to an earlier system snapshot Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a '... to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Click Open System Restore, then Next. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you want to one of apps.... Click System and Security > Action Center, then click Recovery at the bottom of the Acer Resource Center. Type 'Windows system restore' in the Search Help box, then press Enter. Recovery - 25 2. Click the install...
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...Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers. A confirmation window appears; If you can still run Windows and have not deleted the recovery partition, see Recovering from Windows below. • If you cannot run Windows, your original hard... If you can access important files on page 27. click Yes. You can recover from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. Two options are not recoverable by other methods, ...
...Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers. A confirmation window appears; If you can still run Windows and have not deleted the recovery partition, see Recovering from Windows below. • If you cannot run Windows, your original hard... If you can access important files on page 27. click Yes. You can recover from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. Two options are not recoverable by other methods, ...
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...PC to start Microsoft System Restore: Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a 'snapshot' of your files (user data) but will erase all software and drivers that were preinstalled on your hard drive, back them as restore points. Click Refresh your PC to start the reset process: Reset your PC ...deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all files on page 31. Click Advanced then System Restore to start the refresh process: Refresh your PC will be removed (except software...
...PC to start Microsoft System Restore: Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a 'snapshot' of your files (user data) but will erase all software and drivers that were preinstalled on your hard drive, back them as restore points. Click Refresh your PC to start the reset process: Reset your PC ...deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all files on page 31. Click Advanced then System Restore to start the refresh process: Refresh your PC will be removed (except software...