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[comrademp]

Hey everybody, just came in with a quick question.

Anyone familiar with Acer e-recovery?
Now I've used Acer e-recovery before but can't remember much about it since it was quite some time ago. I wanted to know if by "restoring things back to default setting" meant doing a complete clean out of the HD and then fresh re-install of the OS and Acer software? Still have the e-recovery disks I burned when I first got my computer and wanted to keep them handy just incase I got a bad infection on my machine and had to reformat and do a clean reinstall.

Thanks for any help.

[AdvancedSetup]

Normally most newer machines offer 2 options. One is non destructive which leaves your files in place and re-installs the OS and other software. Then the other is a DESTRUCTIVE which formats the drive (thus wiping out all your data) and re-installs it back to the way it came from the factory.

[comrademp]

Thanks for the info. I always back up my files (pics,music,vids) so being destructive isn't bad for me other than having to reinstall a few programs. I think that's my only option, my computer is from '05 I think.