Acer Aspire SA80 Aspire SA80 and Power S280 Service Guide - Page 24

Acer disc-to-disc recovery Restore without a Recovery CD This recovery process helps you restore the C: drive with the original software content that is installed when you purchase your notebook. Follow the steps below to rebuild your C: drive. (Your C: drive will be reformatted and all data will be erased.) It is important to back up all data files before you use this option. 1. Restart the system. 2. While the Acer logo is showing, press + at the same time to enter the recovery process. 3. The message "The system has password protection. Please enter 000000:" is displayed. 4. Enter six zeros and continue. 5. The Acer Recovery main page appears. 6. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the items (operating system versions) and press to select. Multilingual operating system installation Follow the instructions to choose the operating system and language you prefer when you first power-on the system. 1. Turn on the system. 2. Acer's multilingual operating system selection menu will pop-up automatically. 3. Use the arrow keys to scroll to the language version you want. Press to confirm your selection. 4. The operating system and language you choose now will be the only option for future recovery operations. 5. The system will install the operating system and language you choose. 16 Chapter 1