Acer Aspire 5 Recovery Disk
Giorgio Aguilar
Hey there guys. I have laptop Acer Aspire v15 Nitro and I did update to Windows 10 from my Windows 8.1 OS. It seems that everything works just fine for me, even drivers installed "themselves" (no need actually to download anything from web, maybe just cardreader). I got only one question as I can't find it anywhere on the net. I want to create recovery disk but what is the issue. When I start my Acer Recovery Management, I can only create recovery USB (or other media, but I don't have CD-ROM so only USB). However, in BIOS I can see that there is some option telling me, that I can do Alt+F10 to do some disc-to-disc recovery. I have never owned an Acer before so I don't know how it works. But when I press such combination in POST phase, nothing changes, computer simply continues to boot to Windows. I'd like to use such way of creating recovery partition, instead of making some recovery USB, is I have SSD+HDD combination so I have loads of free space on HDD.
P.S.: Can't find answer on net, everyone just says about creating recovery media
Thanks for your reply!!!
So, how can I create D2D Recovery partition on that disk (in my case SSD). I have two recovery partition on SSD on which I have Windows 10 installed. One is 450MB large (I found on the web that it's the Windows recovery partition) and second 300MB large, but they are both empty (at least disk manager from windows shows it).
I found on the web, that for such recovery (Alt+F10), you must have something like 18GB large recovery partition (PQservice; but im not sure it if is true or not).
Can you help me to solve it out what to do? Thanks
I'm pretty sure Acer recommends that you create a USB factory default recovery drive right after you purchase a Windows 8.1 computer. At least that's what it said in my literature that came with my Windows 8.1 computers.
I always create a recovery drive on a microSD card first and then take a full system image on a TB external drive (will create a recovery folder and can keep several so make sure to use a folder name that tells you which machine and when).
microSD solution seems good. I have external HDD as well, but when I try to create recovery on that HDD, Recovery Management tells me, that it will format whole disk and then create recovery image, but I don't want to format my drive, when I have stuff on it. I could also use my internal HDD as I have combo, and OS is on SSD, but as I'm reading on the net, Windows 10 recovery system program won't give you drivers, while Acer recovery management will make your recovery image with drivers. What is truth about that?
Thanks for your replys guys!! I really appreciate the Acer community!!!!
I could also use my internal HDD as I have combo, and OS is on SSD, but as I'm reading on the net, Windows 10 recovery system program won't give you drivers, while Acer recovery management will make your recovery image with drivers. What is truth about that?
Thanks for your replys guys!! I really appreciate the Acer community!!!!
Hmm, strange, as Acer Recovery Management will let you create only some USB recovery, while Windows can create for you image, which can be saved wherever, so from this knowledge that Acer R.M. works the same as Windows R.M does, it's more comfortable for me to do it by windows R.M as I want to save it on my HDD.
By the way, if I do so, what is the point of keeping these 2 recovery partitions on my SSD? 300MB and 450MB one. Is there any point of them??
Thanks!!
Yeah, I see your point, but is there any point of keeping these partitions? Or can I allocate them and merge them with other partition (one I'm using). Or I mean like, what is the point of these partitions...
My daughter acquired an Acer Aspire v5-122 P 0649. I would like to reset the laptop to factory and go from there. However, the problem is when I go into Disk Management, although all the partitions are there, ie, Recovery - 400MB, EFI - 300MB, Recovery - 350MB, New Volume (E:) Primary - 11.28GB, and lastly, Windows (C:) 226.04GB, with 79% Free Space.... The big problem is all the partitions except for Windows (C:) are 100% Free Space. Even Volume (E:) which lists 11.28GB says it is also 100% Free Space??? It all must be true because I have tried factory reset several times and absolutely nothing... I have searched a lot for someone who has just the factory recovery disks, and nothing... perhaps they don't even exist.. Suggestions?
I would do a clean reinstall Windows, not do a recovery. Recovery, if available, puts it back to the way it came from Acer with all the bloatware. You can download a copy of Windows from the MS site. Then lookup clean install of Windows.
Acer disk to disk recovery means to restore Acer operating system with recovery partition (also called D2D Recovery) or recovery discs. The recovery disks can be Acer recovery CD, Acer recovery DVD or Acer recovery USB, one of which should be made when you first get your machine.
With Acer eRecovery Management, you can easily create recovery disc in a few steps. Also, if you cannot create one, you can choose to download Acer recovery disk from the support center. Besides, it's not a bad idea to order recovery discs in the Acer Store, which requires inputting your serial number or SNID.
Before starting, you should backup files if you want to set the Acer computer to factory settings but keep your personal data. In addition, you still need to ensure if the D2D Recovery option is enabled in BIOS.
All the previous methods reset your Acer computer and all the data on it. You wouldn't want to do this if there was any other way that can keep your programs and data intact. Now, I'll introduce you one such powerful software - AOMEI OneKey Recovery.
With it, you can backup everything on the system partition and keep them in a hidden recovery partition to avoid any possible damage. And you are able to backup them in daily, weekly, monthly to get the latest copy of your computer.
Besides, it allows you to enable fast key ("F11" or "A") or directly add boot menu of this software. Then, you can access Windows recovery environment quickly and restore system image to new hard drive without recovery disc or disk.
This article can help you easily perform Acer disk to disk recovery with its recovery partition. Also, you can use Reset your PC to help you. However, both of them are not recommended methods, since they will delete all your data during the process.
If you don't want to lose any data when something bad happens, it's suggested to create a onekey backup with professional software - AOMEI OneKey Recovery in advance. Then, you can restore system to its previous date or new hard drive for recovery. For advanced users, you could consider using AOMEI OneKey Recovery Customization or Technician edition.
Click ALt+F10 while booting your laptop. The contents of hidden partition will come up for recovery purpose. You can either install factory default that is clean install of Windows XP or you can install from a previously saved image of your windows OS, preferable partition 'C'.
I too faced a similar issue once and then read the manual on Acer Website and then when i used to face problems with my Windows XP Home partition, I used to either reinstall Windows from previous back-ups or reinstall it fresh by pressing Alt+F10 keys. I purchased that laptop in 2006 and recently i had to discard Windows XP completely as the HDD is not working properly owing to overheating. The HDD of my laptop is 40GB and cannot be replaced unless it is available. A technician saw my laptop and told me to service its parts and put oil to make the HDD work properly without heating up. Recently, owing to much of such problems i removed Windows XP and installed Ubuntu 14.04. It runs smooth and does not require forced shutdowns through manual power offs.
You can install or run GRUB on your system and it should detect the recovery partion and enable you to boot into it. You can install Grub2Win from Sourceforge or use one of the many Linux boot utilities to scan your partitions. I discovered this after installing Linux Lite as a dual boot with Win7 and after the install it showed the Recovery partition which will boot into this.
Thanks for your advice. Yeah now I removed Ubuntu & installed Windows 7 home. It's very stable and it doesn't require a backup for partitions. If it's updated regularly, it doesn't crash at all. Doesn't require any hidden partitions any more.
I do hope you read your manual, since Acer Notebooks have a RECOVERY Partition, they also have the ability to make your RECOVERY DISKs if you have a DVD-RW or CD-RW drive. & installing Windows 7 has nothing to do with the REQUEST. He simply wants to RESTORE his system. Honestly he should read the manual which came with the Laptop or at least DL the PDF for his system from Acer.... Basic Manuals are FREE and PDF.
The hotkey combination to recover ACER ASPIRE 3000 SERIES is usually [ALT+F10 ]combination. You have to click both simultaneously while re-booting your laptop so that you can enter recovery section before Windows load. Its all given in the manual section of your laptop. The hidden partition can be erased, but it is the HEART of such laptops, so do not try to be extra smart unless you know what you are doing. The hidden partition contains recovery software called NORTON GHOST ( in my laptop it was present), how ever it may differ as per configuration and price. I removed my Windows XP completely substituting with UBUNTU Desktop 14.04 because Linux is more stable and less vulnerable to virus attacks. Please do not go for UBUNTU if you do not need and if you do not know how to use it. Try to upgrade your RAM in your laptop so as to allow it to run faster. If you need any more suggestions then contact www.acer.com .
It is built into your hard drive and cannot be erased, look at your manual and it tells you how to recover your base setting or part recover,make the choice or you will lose everthing on your computer
Acer's 'method' of having the recovery data is to have the user make a recovery disc BEFORE the acer dies. A travelmate 4230 I'm working on has this lovely feature, which is utterly useless once something causes Windows to puke. Win XP in this case.
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