Rescue disk windows vista

You may be prompted for the Administrator password. UAC User Account Controls may also appear asking if you want to allow the program to make changes to the system. If so, click Yes. The software will also display how many DVDs you need or the minimum amount of space required for the USB flash drive. Selecting your media will highlight the choice by changing the background color. The creation process will now start. Your drive tray might open automatically. And so on for each DVD required.

When the creation process is finished, click OK. Keep them safe. Creating the disk if you have a HP desktop The following instructions apply if you have a desktop computer from HP:. Select your choice and then click Next.

Insert your first blank DVD and then click Next. If you opted for a USB flash drive, the next screen will allow you to select what drive to use. Select the drive that has your USB and then click Next. Click Next to continue the creation process.

If you opted for USB, the next screen will be a warning message where you need to confirm that the USB will be reformatted during the creation process. Click OK. The drive tray will open automatically during the process to insert the required DVDs.

Add the next blank disk and then click Next. Always keep them safe! Troubleshooting The disk creation process cancels If the creation process cancels, you may need to disable the UAC of your Windows Vista. If the checkbox is checked, UAC is enabled.

You can now start the disk creation process again. Depending on your computer model and your Windows version, this software application can have different names:. Backup your computer before you proceed. Running the recovery software utility to create a Recovery Media Kit can lead to data loss including your music, movies, pictures and applications. Depending on the computer model you have, you will need either a set of CDs or DVDs to create the disks.

Select any of the available menu options and continue with the instructions on the screen If you have a set of disks created:. Your computer may restart several times during this process.

At the Recovery complete window, click Restart Follow the instructions on the screen to setup Windows 7 again If you have the recovery partition available, follow these steps:. Create the recovery disk in Windows 7 Windows 7 users with Acer computers can follow these instructions to create the recovery disks. These instructions are similar with those of Windows Vista. Windows 8 users can create their set of recovery disks for Acer using the following instructions.

Make sure the drive you are about to use is blank. All previous data will be removed from the flash drive during this process. Acer Recovery Management software in Windows 8. How Acer eRecovery Management software should look.

Warning: All data from the USB flash drive will be removed. Backup your USB drive before using it as a recovery media.

You can restore your system using the recovery partition that comes bundled in with your Acer computer. You can boot into the recovery mode by pressing and holding the Alt and F10 key, when the splash screen appears at the Acer logo , after you restart your computer.

Warning: Restoring your computer to its factory default settings erases all data from your computer and reinstalls Windows. Backup your files before you continue with this process. Download Easy Recovery Essentials for Acer computers from here. Restore your Acer computer to its factory default settings or to the latest saved backup disk settings by following the instructions below.

If you want to restore the computer to its default factory settings without using the recovery disks , these are the instructions:. Warning: This process erases all your data. Backup your files! If you want to restore the computer using your saved Acer recovery disks, follow these instructions. Warning: This process will erase all your data. Backup your files first! If you want to restore the computer using the created Acer recovery disks, follow these steps. These instructions are for Windows Vista.

You can restore your Windows 7 using your saved sets of Acer recovery disks by following these instructions:. If you are able to boot into Windows 8, you can restore your system by following these instructions:. Warning: Restoring to Factory Settings will erase all your personal files. If you are not able to boot into Windows 8, but have the USB recovery disk created, you can restore the system by following these instructions:. Warning: This action will erase all your personal files. Backup your files before proceeding!

The Acer eRecovery Management can be stuck at various steps during either the process of creating the set of recovery disks or through the process of restoring the computer settings. The hard disk or the Acer recovery partition required to restore the computer to default settings might be corrupted.