Returning Your System To Its Factory Condition - Acer eMachines Series User Manual

To return to a restore point:
1 Click on Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Action Center, then
click on Recovery.
2 Click on Open System Restore, then Next.
3 Click on he restore point you want, click on Next, then Finish. A
confirmation message box appears.
4 Click on Yes. Your system is restored using the restore point you specified.
This process may take several minutes, and may restart your computer.

Returning your system to its factory condition

If your computer experiences problems that are not recoverable by other
methods, you may need to reinstall everything to return your system to its
factory condition. You can reinstall using either your hard drive or the recovery
backup you have created.
Warning: This complete recovery deletes everything on your hard
drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that
were pre-installed on your system. If you can access important
files on your hard drive, back them up now.
If you can still run Windows, see "Recovering from within Windows" on page
35.
If you cannot run Windows and your original hard drive is still working, see
"Recovering from the hard drive during startup" on page 36.
If you cannot run Windows and your original hard drive has been completely re-
formatted or you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from
your recovery backup" on page 36.
Recovering from within Windows
To reinstall Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers:
Click on Start > All Programs > eMachines, then click on eMachines Recovery
Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens.
Click on the Restore tab, then Restore Operating System to Factory Defaults.
The Confirm Restoration dialogue box opens.
Click on Yes, then Start. A dialogue box displays information about the hard
drive that the operating system will be recovered to.
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