Acer Disk To Disk Recovery
Charise Zelnick
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.
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...
I was hoping to get get some info/opinions. I managed to get my hands on a copy of ACERCPR - Hard Drive Recovery Kit. Looks like its version 1.11. A bit older than a few versions I have seen floating around on the internet. I have two Acros's - two different models. One is the exact model (4221g) I had while growing up. The other one (P433D) is a bit older. The 4221g looks like it has a rather old install from the original owner (which I backed up) I was hoping to restore the 4221g to the original factory install with this CPR Kit.
However I'm not sure which Acros model numbers go with this CPR KIT. While poking around on the CD I saw 12 different archives, which are 12 different drive images. I don't see any information on which model number these correspond to. There also is a folder labeled "ORIGINAL" that includes setup disks for Windows 3.1 and Dos 6.2. Including all drivers and for each software title so you can pick and choose what to install one at a time . I made a floppy disk image and had to edit the config.sys and autoexec.bat on the included bootable floppy to get the recovery software to recognize the CD-ROM drive. Since I had to do this it makes me think that the CPR Kit that I have isn't exactly what I need, but it seems rather close! I'm rather hesitant to actually go through with the recovery software.
It's the original. 2x, Panasonic 563 with a sound blaster card. I remember my system coming with Encarta 94. I just realized this recovery kit has Encarta 95. So it may be a few months/year newer than the system I have.
Do you still able to login to your Windows? e-Recovery also available in the Windows if not mistaken, I would think this will be your best chance to have your laptop recovered. Other than that, I would suggest you to send your laptop to Acer Service Centre to have a look, though it will cost a little bit.
Solution? Start hitting the key(s) when the Acer (or whatever make) logo appears and keep hitting until what you want to load comes up. Has about 90% success rate. But alas, the faster our computers get, the harder it will be to time these commands.
Hey I keep trying the alt f10 command and it goes like this I turn my laptop on the acer logo appears I hold alt an bash the f10 key a couple times n the screen just goes black with little white cursor in top left as if i to type?? Any ideas on other ways?
I was wondering if anyone can help me. My mom had to replace her hard drive on her acer (my sister fried it and every computer repair shop she took it to said the same thing). She bought a new hard drive and replaced but It is a few years old and acer says that they do not have a recovery disc for it. They claim it is too old for them to still have the recovery discs. Is there any other place to get them?
Yes, restoring to factory settings would mean that every personal settings/files will be gone, it is pretty similar to a reformatting, except the source are from the eRecovery partition. So restore to factory settings should be just fine, and do not erase the hidden eRecovery partition, it will not help for the next user in restoring the Windows.
hello my name is justin and i really need you help, upon start up i get the msg that my OS cannot be found and that it is exiting broad com i just dont understand what is going on i have tried alt+F10 and nothing happens i also do ot have an OS disc nor can i afford 1 i dont care how it gets fixed or if i can recover all my files i would just like it to work as i have no other pc to use i am currently on a friends atm can u plz help me my email is Memnoc...@hotmail.com of if we can voice chat that would be alot better because i am not good with computers to be honest and i dont want to mess it up anymore than it already is..
I am not too sure how I can fix the recovery, however, if you required to save all the important files out before you do a full wipe of the system, you can always create a uBuntu LiveCD to help. Refer to the link below for it. Using this you can save all your files from your hard disk to external drive.
Im not sure if anyone reading this site.
I encounter BootMgr Is Missing error after restoration using Alt+F10.
Now my OS is in D: and HP_Recovery is in C: How can this happen?
How can i swap back?