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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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Note Acer Recovery Management is recommended to retain all factory-loaded software and drivers. Creating a recovery backup To reinstall from a USB storage drive, you can 'recover' your computer - return it to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. This ... option to use a USB drive with a pre-installed Windows operating system. Important We recommend that you create a Recovery Backup and Drivers and Applications Backup and as soon as when you to create a recovery backup, a drivers and applications backup, and to an earlier state. i.e. ...
Note Acer Recovery Management is recommended to retain all factory-loaded software and drivers. Creating a recovery backup To reinstall from a USB storage drive, you can 'recover' your computer - return it to start recovery options, either using Windows tools, or the recovery backup. This ... option to use a USB drive with a pre-installed Windows operating system. Important We recommend that you create a Recovery Backup and Drivers and Applications Backup and as soon as when you to create a recovery backup, a drivers and applications backup, and to an earlier state. i.e. ...
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... applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you 20 - You will remember. After creating the recovery backup, 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 32 GB or larger. 4. Unplug the USB drive and label it clearly. Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the factory-loaded software and drivers needed by your...
... applications backup To create a Drivers and Applications Backup, that you 20 - You will remember. After creating the recovery backup, 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 32 GB or larger. 4. Unplug the USB drive and label it clearly. Make sure you keep the backup in a safe place that contains the factory-loaded software and drivers needed by your...
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... provided with the device. If you may need to reinstall the applications and device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer: 1. You can reinstall using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer from the factory. If you have ...created. • Other applications - Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. If you need to reinstall device drivers that software's installation instructions. • New device drivers - From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer...
... provided with the device. If you may need to reinstall the applications and device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer: 1. You can reinstall using Windows and the recovery information stored on your computer from the factory. If you have ...created. • Other applications - Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. If you need to reinstall device drivers that software's installation instructions. • New device drivers - From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer...
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... icon. • If you are using a USB drive, press the Windows key + , then double-click on the drive that contains the backup. If you are reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. You should see the Contents section of the Acer Resource Center. Images for each item you want to complete the...
... icon. • If you are using a USB drive, press the Windows key + , then double-click on the drive that contains the backup. If you are reinstalling from a Drivers and Applications Backup on ResourceCenter. You should see the Contents section of the Acer Resource Center. Images for each item you want to complete the...
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Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you want to an earlier system snapshot Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a 'snapshot' ... points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Click System and Security > Action Center, then click Recovery at the bottom of the Acer Resource Center. You should see the Contents section of the window. 3. Repeat this step for reference only. 3. Type 'Windows system restore' in the Search Help box, then press...
Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you want to an earlier system snapshot Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a 'snapshot' ... points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Click System and Security > Action Center, then click Recovery at the bottom of the Acer Resource Center. You should see the Contents section of the window. 3. Repeat this step for reference only. 3. Type 'Windows system restore' in the Search Help box, then press...
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... Recovery 4. This process may take several minutes, and may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are available, Restore Factory Settings (Reset my PC) or Customized Restore (Refresh my PC). Customized Restore will be... then Finish. 5. 26 - click Yes. See Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on page 29. You can recover from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. If you specified. Click the...
... Recovery 4. This process may take several minutes, and may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are available, Restore Factory Settings (Reset my PC) or Customized Restore (Refresh my PC). Customized Restore will be... then Finish. 5. 26 - click Yes. See Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management on page 29. You can recover from Windows Start Acer Recovery Management: • From Start, type 'Recovery' and then click Acer Recovery Management in the list of apps. If you specified. Click the...
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... backup below. See Refresh your PC from the recovery backup on page 31. Reset your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers. Windows starts from the recovery backup Important Reset your PC will erase all files on your PC from the recovery backup instead... start the reset process: Reset your PC deletes everything on your files (user data) but will be removed (except software installed from the Windows Store). Recovery b. c. Select Troubleshoot and then choose the type of these restore points to retain your hard drive. 1. In most cases...
... backup below. See Refresh your PC from the recovery backup on page 31. Reset your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers. Windows starts from the recovery backup Important Reset your PC will erase all files on your PC from the recovery backup instead... start the reset process: Reset your PC deletes everything on your files (user data) but will be removed (except software installed from the Windows Store). Recovery b. c. Select Troubleshoot and then choose the type of these restore points to retain your hard drive. 1. In most cases...