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Recovering your system

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88 5 System utilities Recovering your system If your operating system files are lost or damaged, the recovery process will restore your system's original factory default settings. Your Acer Veriton series computer includes a One Touch Recovery button, a feature that makes restoring your system quick and easy. One Touch Recovery works from a hidden 2 GB partition on your hard drive that contains all the information required to restore your system. There are two ways to initate recovery. If your computer is not equipped with the (optional) One Touch Recover button, you can press Alt + F10 after the BIOS finishes running the Power On Self Test (POST). Warning: Initiating the recovery operation while the operating system is running will result in abnormal shutdown and may make your current OS unstable or unusable. After the POST runs, you have only 1.5 seconds to press Alt + F10. Follow all onscreen instructions. You can also follow the steps below: 1 Locate the (optional) One touch recovery button. See the image on page 14.

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5 System utilities
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Recovering your system
If your operating system files are lost or damaged, the recovery process
will restore your system's original factory default settings.
Your Acer
Veriton series computer includes a One Touch Recovery button, a
feature that makes restoring your system quick and easy.
One Touch Recovery
works from a hidden 2 GB partition on your hard
drive that contains all the information required to restore your system.
There are two ways to initate recovery. If your computer is not
equipped with the (optional) One Touch Recover button, you can press
Alt + F10 after the BIOS finishes running the Power On Self Test (POST).
Warning: Initiating the recovery operation while the
operating system is running will result in abnormal
shutdown and may make your current OS unstable or
unusable.
After the POST runs, you have only 1.5 seconds to press Alt + F10.
Follow all onscreen instructions.
You can also follow the steps below:
1
Locate the (optional) One touch recovery button. See the image
on page 14.