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acer aspire 5600 restore factory default with out cd

post #1 of 10
3/13/13 at 4:48am
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hi

 

i do not have restore cd with me , i tried alt + f10 to restore but it is not working

 

any one can help me to do factory default

 

now i am working from the same system with virus and few disturbances

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post #2 of 10
3/13/13 at 5:37am
which OS is this?

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post #3 of 10
3/13/13 at 9:18pm
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windows xp

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post #4 of 10
3/14/13 at 4:24am
Was this hard drive ever completely formatted/erased and a clean install done on it..If so, then your restore partition is gone and there would be no hope of restoring it to factory settings without the restore disks..Your only alternative would be to find restore disks for that exact model or find a copy of XP (same flavour that is on there ie Home, Professional etc) and install it using the Operating system key number on the bottom (sticker). then installing all the pertinent drivers for that model from Acer
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post #5 of 10
3/14/13 at 7:32am
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Originally Posted by saugen48 View Post

Was this hard drive ever completely formatted/erased and a clean install done on it..If so, then your restore partition is gone and there would be no hope of restoring it to factory settings without the restore disks..Your only alternative would be to find restore disks for that exact model or find a copy of XP (same flavour that is on there ie Home, Professional etc) and install it using the Operating system key number on the bottom (sticker). then installing all the pertinent drivers for that model from Acer

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post #6 of 10
3/14/13 at 11:18pm
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thanks for your follow up, i will try to find the cd 

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post #7 of 10
3/15/13 at 4:26am
Probably will be at least two if not three DVDs
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post #8 of 10
3/15/13 at 5:53am
Just one XP installation CD would do, drivers and apps from Acer direct winknudge.gif

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post #9 of 10
4/7/13 at 9:05pm
If the hotkeys don't work get a copy of gparted-live unhide & change boot flag to boot recovery partition.
Also there is a .bin file that has been deleted you can replace it. It's also in your recovery partition.
If windows is still bootable you can use recovery console to unhide it & copy to existing installation.
I believe that it's RTL.. bin I have to look it up.
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post #10 of 10
4/7/13 at 9:13pm
It's the RTMBR.BIN
http://www.fixya.com/support/t223496-d2d_recovery
Also Acer Aspire has to have d2d recovery enabled in BIOS
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