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Restoring to factory settings?

Started by ~Jackay~ , Jan 22 2009 07:48 PM

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~Jackay~

Posted 22 January 2009 - 07:48 PM

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Okay, I have an Acer Aspire 5520-5912, which is a laptop with Windows Vista. I wish to restore it to factory settings to attempt to cure some of its problems and get rid of just about everything and start over. I have lost the guide book and I am not sure if I have the installation disks, is there any possible way I could restore it to factory settings? Thanks muches to anyone who can help me.

EDIT: If you say 'please check the Acer website', I tried, but my laptop model is not listed there.

Edited by ~Jackay~, 22 January 2009 - 07:48 PM.

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hfcg

Posted 22 January 2009 - 08:33 PM

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Hello,
With this model you should be able to press the alt key and the F10 key at the same time to get to a recovery and restore feature.
From this utility you may select to restore from an image.
This is from the Acer web site for Acer Aspire 5520-5912