Acer Aspire laptop

I had ? someone try?
no problem stated before "SOMEONE" got hands on it.
post problems first then actions taken 2nd please.
first tell what the word RESET means.
PCs have vast things inside that RESET.
of you mean go back to day one with the original new OS like day one new, sure, that is called a factory reset.
or factory OS recovery is the better, way to say this.
PCs come new, (modern) with a hidden recovery partition
that works great of the PC was never attacked with OS upgrades
or new HDD (hard disks drive)
first off fixya is not acer.com only they are and only they have your support, drivers , software and books covering RECOVERy.
lets go there now and read you chapter called that.
the first question is country , I will do wild guess and pick USA
http://www.acer.com/worldwide/support/

then I go here.
kav60 is really a Aspire One AOD250
ok, it tells you that there.
the support page asks for class firsts.
omg I found it, on that hard site to navigate.
its not under laptops/note boots but chromebooks.
bingo.
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/1113?b=1

so we now RTM we read the recovery chapter.
10 year old laptop , most this old have a bad HDD
I an real shop we test the HDD first.
or go broke watching new OS die on bad hDD. all day long.
pdf page 19
if no recovery disks in hand
we read page 29
(no disks) recovery.
step on turn on D2D recovery in BIOS, per your manual.
then power on and hammer ALT +F10
you are now in the recovery (magic) partition loading fresh OS.

page 30

"Important! This feature occupies 6 GB in a hidden partition on
your hard disk?'" that means the HDD must not be bad.
that
sop tha

You will need to run the recovery disk that you were advised to make when you first started using the laptop. This will re-install Windows form the System reserved area of your HDD.

download the drivers from the acer website ,,, download utilities for multimedia too ,,, (if you are using windows os you can check if the drivers installed correctly by .... right click on my computer icon >>> manage >>> device manager .... if there is items with a yellow mark before that means that this device's driver is not installed ) download it and install ...

You need to format your hard disk. Please note that formatting will erase all you data from the hard disk and all the software including the Operating system.

If you have your OS master CD you can insert it in the cd/dvd drive and restart the laptop. This will detect the OS CD and try to install it. In the installation process there is an option "Format your hard drive". You should select that option. Then it will format, mark the bad sectors, create a new boot sector and install the OS. You will be just fine.

1.FIRST YOU DO ONE THING IF YOU USING XP OS MEANS CHANGE THE SATA MODE TO IDE OTHER WISE CHANGE THE SATA MODE TO AICH.
2.IF BOOT WITH CD MEANS CHANGE BOOT PRIORITY CD/DVD ROM
2.IF YOU BOOT WITH HDD MEANS CHOOSE HDD.
BIOS OPTION----RESTART YOUR SYSTEM AND THEN CONTINUOSLY PRESS F2 KEY.

1. Go to BIOS setup at the time of booting by pressing F1 or F2 or Del Key. Select the first boot device as HDD. Also check whether HDD has been detected. Save and restart the system. (If not detected then check it with technician.)
2. If still not booting, if you don't have any data required on the HDD then try using recovery CD and boot through it to restore your OS to the manufacturers default.
3. If you dont have much idea about these process better handle take help of service engineer.

it seems like the HDD is not getting recognised , try this might help you get into BIOS setup by tapping delete key or f2 when system turns on , load the defaults settings for bios then try loading OS , if you are getting the same error message that means hdd has gone bad or the cable to the hdd is loose

Tried to turn off the Raid settings in bios first.Then install the sata driver if possible using the win xp sp2 or latest OS reinstallation media if available.

YOU HAVE PROBLEM WITH YOUR HDD try to remove old and install new OS in new HDD!

 

If not write back,ok?

YOU HAVE PROBLEM WITH YOUR HDD try to remove old and install new OS in new HDD!

 

If not write back,ok?