Technical information

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Acer eRecovery Management
WARNING:Always close the Media Center Edition before launching Acer eRecovery Management.
Acer eRecovery Management provides fast, reliable and safe method of restoring your computer to
its factory default settings or user-defined system configuration from an image stored in a hidden
hard disk drive partition, secondary partition or optical disks. Acer eRecovery Management also
features an easy-to-use utility that backs up system settings, applications and data to the hard disk
drive to the optical disks.
Launching Acer eRecovery Management
You can launch Acer eRecovery Management in three ways:
1. Click Start > All Programs > Acer Empowering Technology > Acer eRecovery
Management.
2. Press <Alt> + <F10> on the keyboard.
3. Click on the Acer eRecovery Management icon in the Empowering Technology tool bar on the
desktop.
Then Acer eRecovery Management main page will appear.
NOTE: During initial launch, the Acer eRecovery Management prompts you to create a password for your
backup files. Follow screen instructions to continue.
Copying the Factory Default Settings Image
1. On initial launch, the utility prompts you to copy the factory default settings image saved in a
hidden hard disk partition to an optical disk.
2. Insert the optical disk to the optical drive, then click OK to start burning. This function is disabled
when the factory default setting image is copied, or when you check the Don’t remind me again
option.