Need to reset my acer to factory installed settings? acer desktop.

laptop model is aspire 5570 Z with a Z zee instead of 2 two

First, BACKUP WHAT YOU WANT!!!!! IT WILL BE GONE WHEN YOU FINISH!!!!! If you cannot get to your files, start in safe mode and collect them. if you cannot get to safe mode. grab a linux live cd, such as knoppix, you can boot a whole linux os from cd without installing and retrieve your files VIRUS FREE!!!!! once you feel you have backed up what you want to keep follow these insructions.

1. • 1 Reboot your computer. As the computer comes on, click the "F2" key on your keyboard. This will activate the BIOS utility screen.
     
   • 2 Locate the Acer disk-to-disk recovery system on the first screen of BIOS and click the box to enable it. This will allow you to reset the computer without a recovery disk. Save your settings and exit BIOS per the instructions on the screen.
     
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   • 3 Restart the computer.
     
   • 4 Press "ALT + F10" on your keyboard as soon as the Acer logo appears on the screen.
     
   • 5 Follow the on-screen instructions to perform a system recovery and reset the computer to the factory default settings.
     

You will need to use the recovery discs that came with the computer and boot from the disc and it will give you the option to restore to factory defaults. If you dont have the discs you will need to contact Acer to get a copy.

If you do a format and install the operating system again, the admin password will be deleted.

The Aspire One is a netbook produced by Acer; it does not come equipped with a CD ROM drive, so a traditional hard drive reformat and Windows reinstallation is not possible without a peripheral storage device. An external USB CD or flash drive will suffice, however.Difficulty:Moderate

Instructions

1. • 1 Plug in the external CD drive, then turn on your netbook and let it boot to your operating system.
     
   • 2 Open your web browser and go to the BootDisk website (see link in Resources). Download the Windows XP Fresh Install Bootable CD, then burn these files to a blank CD via your external CD drive.
     
   • 3 Ensure the files have burned to your bootable CD, then restart the netbook with the CD still in the drive.
     
   • 4 The netbook should boot to the CD upon the restart. Follow the instructions prompted for installation. Upon completion you will have a clean installation of Windows XP on your Acer Aspire One.
     

You will need to reset eh BIOS, then install whatever system it will support. The Acer website will give you all the specs on the unit and all the drivers for it as well.

You can download the windows installation from the Microsoft website, and run it. Select the Custom Install option to run a Clean Install and select to Reformat the drive, this would clean the drive and reinstall windows, which would reset everything to the factory settings.
That's an alternate route to go if the recovery software on your computer is not functioning properly.
Hope this helps!

Normally for acer machine if you need to do factory restore.. You need to call acer were they will provide a restore disc with all the features that came along with the computer..They might charge you about $15.... So call acer etch support.. They are the best to help you on this

read this article: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-2040-acer-pc-restore-to-factory-settings#copy-the-acer-factory-default-backup-disk-image

Hope this helped! ^_^ have a great day

I actually have one of these, I just went and got Fedora 10 (Fedora version of Red Hat Linux vs. the pre-installed Linpus version of Red Hat Linux) and installed it instead. Anyways, there should be a way to take the cd, load it onto another computer, and have it put itself on an empty 2GB (or bigger) USB thumb drive if you can't get a cd loaded onto it. I did this several times before I went to Fedora 10, and the wireless works in Fedora 10.

To restore your acer to its factory installation status (formats C: and removes all data) press ALT and F10 repeatedly on first boot. This should take you to the acer restore program which is partioned onto the hard drive.
Alternatively use the acer e recovery program to create a set of boot disks which will allow the same operation.