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How to restore/format your Acer desktop/laptop without recovery disc?

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Laptop Recovery Instructions

Here is the standard Acer Recovery Instructions

1. Power on the machine
2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the “Alt” key and press the “F10” key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery
3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click “Restore to Factory Default Settings”
4. Click “OK” to continue
5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C: drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10 minutes).
6. Once eRecovery has run, press “OK” to reboot unit

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Dell Recovery Instructions

Here are the recovery instructions from Dell.

1. Reboot, and press Ctrl + F11 at the Dell logo.
2. The Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec screen will come up.
3. Select "Restore" or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.
4. if you wish to continue, click "Confirm", or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.
5. When the utility is finished, click "Finish", or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.

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HP/Compaq Recovery Instructions

Here are recovery instructions for HP/Compaq laptops.

1. Reboot, and repeatedly press F10 at the HP logo until the recovery screen appears.
2. When the recovery screen appears, press "Next" and then "Yes" to perform a non-destructive recovery.
3. To perform a destructive recovery, click "Advanced" and then "Yes".
4. After the recovery is finished, the laptop will reboot.
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Gateway Recovery Instructions

Here are the Gateway Recovery Instructions.

1. Reboot, and press F11 or the R key to start the recovery process.
2. Select either "Full System Restore (Destructive)" or "Full System Restore (With Backup)"*.
3. Click "Next", and then click "Yes" to confirm the recovery process.
4.Wait for the computer to restore itself. When it is done, click "Reboot" to reboot the computer.

*Full System Restore With Backup preserves data in the My Documents folder, but requires 4 GB of disk space.

Later model Gateways use the ALT + F10 key combination to enter the recovery process.
(Courtesy of user sarla)
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Laptop Recovery for Sony Vaio

When the VAIO logo appears on the computer's screen, briefly press theF10 key on the computer keyboard.

The VAIO Recovery Wizard appears.

Other options here:
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/m...200%2034432948
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Asus Laptop Recovery

Tap on F9 when Asus logo appears.. for details, follow link below:

http://support.asus.com/technicaldoc...e=en-us&NO=498
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Toshiba laptop recovery

Recovery procedure for Toshiba laptops (may not work for all models but worth a try).

http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...208010_web.pdf

http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...339010_web.pdf
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IBM Thinkpad laptop recovery

To access pre-boot service partition to recover your software:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...id=MIGR-4UFUYK

To access service partition when linux changed F11 function:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...IGR-46088.html

To get a Product Recovery CD or DVD:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...7HWZ#partition
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Packard Bell laptop recovery

When the Packard Bell logo appears, press the
F11 key for a few seconds to start the Recovery Program.
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Re: Laptop Recovery Instructions

http://www.nec-computers.com/support/

Select your model and download the Users Guide. You need to extract the files and open Main.htm. Search for RECOVERY topic.


Example (for i-Select M5210):
Once the NEC logo appears, press the F11 key
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EI Systems laptop recovery instructions

To start the recovery, press the F10 key when you first turn on your computer. Tap F10 repeatedly until you see 'Starting System Recovery'.

From there you can choose to do Format or a Non-destructive recovery.

For more information on EI Systems 3085 recovery (may work with other models), refer to this website.
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Re: Laptop Recovery Instructions

Fujitsu:

http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/services/c.../recovery.html








Creating the RECOVERY DISCS

If your laptop is NEW it is encouraged to create the Recovery Discs as soon you booted it up the first time. Most laptop makers do not include the Recovery Discs in your laptop purchase. What is included is a recovery partition. Similar to a Recovery Disc this partition can be used to restore your system fresh to factory default settings, just like how it was when you first got it out of the box. Without the Recovery Discs, it would be almost impossible to restore back to factory defaults especially if a virus renders the recovery partition useless and defective.

By the way the RECOVERY DISCS are NOT BACKUP discs. They do not include your personal files or the programs you installed on your own. They just 'recover' your system to how it was out of the box.

If your laptop is not NEW but you still have the recovery partition intact, you can still create the Recovery Discs.

The following are links to the documents on how to create a Recovery CD:

HP/Compaq
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...678#WhenCreate
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Recove...covery-Manager

ACER
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/dat...Management.pdf

Gateway
http://support.gateway.com/s/Manuals...Gde_Web_R2.pdf

Toshiba
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...208010_web.pdf
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...339010_web.pdf
http://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaSu...200%2076902089

Sony
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-i...RV27&news_id=8
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/m...200%2029260575

DELL
http://support.dell.com/support/topi...gen&dn=1091713 -- READ the NOTES!!!
http://support.dell.com/support/topi...3&l=en&s=gen#2

IBM
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-70804 -- Read this first
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-56102 -- Get Rescue and Recovery installer here


REFERENCES
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/laptop-recovery-instructions-162525.html#post827492
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/creating-the-recovery-discs-352133.html