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    Help with E-Recovery Hard drive Config

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ryryrecords, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. ryryrecords

    ryryrecords Newbie

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    Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 5251 running Win 7.

    I did not get this laptop new. In E-Recovery I cannot make a Factory Default Backup Disc because 'the hard drive configuration has been changed from factory default.'

    I was wondering if there were a way for me to configure the hard drive to allow me to create my restoration discs.

    Thanks.
     
    ryryrecords, Oct 17, 2010
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    eRecovery needs an intact recovery partition. If this has been wiped by the previous owner, you can't use eRecovery any more. You need to buy the recovery discs from Acer then.

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, Oct 18, 2010
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