Acer 3030 Series, 3040 Series manual Acer eRecovery Management, Create backup, English

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Acer eRecovery Management

Acer eRecovery Management is a tool to quickly backup and restore the system. You can create and save a backup of the current system configuration to hard disk, CD or DVD.

Acer eRecovery Management consists of the following functions:

1Create backup

2Restore from backup

3Create factory default image CD, or burn bundled software to an application CD

4Re-install bundled software without CD

5Change Acer eRecovery Management password

This chapter will guide you through each process.

Note: This feature is only available on certain models. For systems that do not have a built-in optical disk burner, plug in an external USB or IEEE 1394-compatible optical disk burner before entering Acer eRecovery Management for optical disk-related tasks.

Note: Acer eRecovery Management requires a specific hard disk partitioning structure to function. If the system detects that the hard disk does not use this structure, Acer eRecovery Management functionality will be disabled.

Create backup

You can create and save backup images to hard disk, CD or DVD.

1Boot to Windows XP

2Press <Alt> + <F10> to open the Acer eRecovery Management utility.

3Enter the password to proceed. The default password is six zeros.

4In the Acer eRecovery Management window, select Recovery settings and click Next.

5In the Recovery settings window, select Backup snapshot image and click Next.

6Select the backup method.

a Use Backup to HDD to store the backup disk image on drive D:.

b Backup to optical device to store the backup image on CD or DVD.