Acer LE1, 8920 Series manual Acer eRecovery Management, Burn backup discs, English

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Acer eRecovery Management

Acer eRecovery Management is a tool to quickly back up and restore the system. You can create and save a backup of the entire C:\ drive to a hard disk, CDs or DVDs. You can also back up/restore the factory default image, and reinstall applications and drivers.

Acer eRecovery Management consists of the following functions:

1Backup:

•Back up factory default to CD/DVD

•Back up drivers and applications to CD/DVD

•Create user backup

•Manage user backups

2Restore:

•Restore system to factory default

•Reinstall applications/drivers

•Restore system from user backup

•Password settings

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 disc burner, plug in an external optical disc burner before entering Acer eRecovery Management for optical disc-related tasks.

To use the password protection feature of Acer eRecovery Management, you must first set the Empowering Technology password. The Empowering Technology password is set by launching Acer eRecovery Management and clicking Password settings in the Restore page.

Burn backup discs

From the Backup page of Acer eRecovery Management, you can burn the factory default image or back up drivers and applications.

1Select Acer eRecovery Management from the Empowering Technology toolbar to start Acer eRecovery Management.

2Acer eRecovery Management opens to the Backup page.

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