Aspire Digital 1410, 1680 Acer Disc to Disc Recovery, Multilingual operating system installation

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Acer Disc to Disc Recovery

Note: This feature is only available on certain models.

Multilingual operating system installation

Follow the instructions to choose the operating system and language you use when you first power-on the system.

1Turn on the system.

2Acer multilingual operating system selection menu will pop-up automatically.

3Use the arrow keys to scroll to the language version you want. Press Enter to confirm your selection.

4The operating system and language you choose now will be the only option for future recovery operations.

5The system will install the operating system and language you choose.

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.

Before performing a restore operation, please check the BIOS settings.

aCheck to see if "Hard Disk Recovery" function is enabled or not.

bMake sure the [Hard Disk Recovery] setting in [Advanced] is [Enabled].

cExit the BIOS Setup Utility and save changes. The system will reboot.

Note: To activate BIOS Setup Utility, press <F2> during POST.

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