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tony2803 · 14-05-09, 03:47 AM

i have aquired an acer aspire 5315 laptop,i have formated the drive and put a fresh copy of vista home basic,how do i set it back to factory settings as when it was first purchased as it came with no recovery discs,the hard drive is 80gb and it is partioned into 2 seperate drives,would the second drive have the recovery software on it..thanks in advance.

dandnsmith · 14-05-09, 10:15 AM

If it's anything like the AA1 netbook I bought, then the recovery partition
1. isn't visible in Explorer
2. is FAT32 format, and probably about 5GB

The method of entry to the recovery process from Windows tends to disappear when the reformat operation is carried out, as it isn't part of a standard install - but there may still be an entry via the BIOS.

To check on things, get into disk management to check on the size and type of your 2 partitions.

wIckiD · 20-05-09, 03:37 AM

Hit Alt + F9 when the computer boots up.. This should fire up the recovery console.. Good Luck!

kingofsplooge · 23-05-09, 07:54 PM

If the drive has been completely wiped from fresh, there'll be no recovery sector.

In true Acer style, the first sector will be hidden (this being your recovery info), the second being Winblows, third being your data (Aptly known as Acer Data - so you can put your own stuff here).

Used to work for Acer, and nothings changed in the years i've not been there for.

badboy_uk · 26-06-09, 11:52 PM

call acer support they might send u free recovery cd's

14-05-09, 03:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
tony2803 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 127 Thanks: 2 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts	acer aspire 5315 i have aquired an acer aspire 5315 laptop,i have formated the drive and put a fresh copy of vista home basic,how do i set it back to factory settings as when it was first purchased as it came with no recovery discs,the hard drive is 80gb and it is partioned into 2 seperate drives,would the second drive have the recovery software on it..thanks in advance.

14-05-09, 10:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
dandnsmith Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Berks, Uk Posts: 166 Thanks: 4 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Re: acer aspire 5315 If it's anything like the AA1 netbook I bought, then the recovery partition 1. isn't visible in Explorer 2. is FAT32 format, and probably about 5GB The method of entry to the recovery process from Windows tends to disappear when the reformat operation is carried out, as it isn't part of a standard install - but there may still be an entry via the BIOS. To check on things, get into disk management to check on the size and type of your 2 partitions. __________________ Derek

20-05-09, 03:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
wIckiD Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 57 Thanks: 15 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: acer aspire 5315 Hit Alt + F9 when the computer boots up.. This should fire up the recovery console.. Good Luck!

23-05-09, 07:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
kingofsplooge Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 87 Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts	Re: acer aspire 5315 If the drive has been completely wiped from fresh, there'll be no recovery sector. In true Acer style, the first sector will be hidden (this being your recovery info), the second being Winblows, third being your data (Aptly known as Acer Data - so you can put your own stuff here). Used to work for Acer, and nothings changed in the years i've not been there for.

26-06-09, 11:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
badboy_uk Technology Forums Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 320 Thanks: 26 Thanked 56 Times in 34 Posts	Re: acer aspire 5315 call acer support they might send u free recovery cd's

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