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Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management
1. Click Restore Factory Settings.
Caution: 'Restore Factory Settings' will erase all files on your
hard drive.
2. The Reset your PC window opens.
3. Click Next, then choose how to erase your files:
a. Just remove my files quickly erases all files before restoring your computer
and takes about 30 minutes.
b. Fully clean the drive completely cleans the drive after each file is erased, so
no files can be viewed after the recovery. Cleaning the drive takes much
longer, up to 5 hours, but is much more secure as old files are completely
removed.
4. Click Reset.
5. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then continues by
copying files to your hard drive.
6. After the recovery has finished, you can start using your computer by repeating
the first-start process.
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