Hi, my acer aspire one netbook, keeps displaying the settings logo picture in a white box in the left hand corner of the screen and it wont go away and i cant access nothing or even turn off computer, the normal display setttings and icons are still there but wont let me load anything, when i click on browser it keeps saying server not found,firefox cannot find the server???? very confused how can i get that setting star logo off? when i click on that logo it says...new item..this item has not yet been configured?/ hope im making sense to you, thankyou

The Acer Aspire One is a netbook, not a laptop.
A netbook is a smaller, scaled-down version of a laptop. It does not have the memory capacity or graphics of a regular laptop.
It also lacks a CD drive, which means you cannot restore the Acer Aspire One with restore discs. Instead, the netbook has a built-in factory restore feature.
You can reset the Acer Aspire One to factory settings just using your keyboard.
Only restore your netbook to factory settings if you cannot fix the problem any other way.
Save any files or folders on your Acer Aspire One with flash drives.
Drag and drop files onto the icon of your flash drive.
Go to Start > Restart to reboot your netbook.

Hold down Alt and F10 when you see the Acer logo on the screen.
The recovery menu will load.
Hit Enter and then Next to see your recovery options.
Choose Factory Restore to set your netbook back to factory settings.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Choose your time zone and language when the customization menu appears.
Reboot the netbook when you are prompted.
Restore your saved files from the flash drive.
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When a vital file becomes corrupted, it might be necessary to restore a computer to its original factory settings.
This process also cleans up the hard drive and removes old programs that can make a computer slow and unresponsive.
But, because restoration wipes away all files you have installed or created, it should be a last-ditch effort in trying to repair a computer.
If you have reached this point with your Acer laptop or desktop, the manufacturer provides a utility to restore the factory settings.

Open the Windows Start menu by clicking on the icon in the lower left corner of your desktop.
Click All Programs, then the Acer folder.

Select Acer eRecovery Management to open the utility.
If a Windows prompt asks for permission to run the program, click Yes.

Click the Restore button in the pane on the left side of the program window.
Click Completely Restore System to Factory Defaults.
Select the Yes option in the dialog box that asks you to confirm the action, and click Start.
Click OK in the second confirmation dialog box to restart the computer.
Click Next in the warning window that appears after the computer reboots.
This confirms that you realize restoring the computer deletes any data stored on your hard drive.

Click Next again in the Restore Destination window, and click OK in the popup that gives you one last warning about deleting your data.
The restoration process will begin.

Click OK when the utility lets you know that the restoration is complete.
The computer will restart, and Windows will finish the recovery process.

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A few things to check

• If you have any external storage (Hard drive, flash etc) plugged in, unplug and reboot. Your computer is trying to boot from these.
• Power down the computer and unplug and remove the battery for at least 30 seconds
• Enter BIOS (generally F9,F10,F11,F12 or del) just mash them all while the logo screen shows and check under boot devices and see if a hard drive is listed. If no then your hard drive is bad and I would send it in if under warranty

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if you activity lights on, try connecting to an external monitor or modern flat screen tv. if the screen is flashing then it is probably a screen issue. eg the invertor r screen has failed.

when the Acer logo comes up, press Delete (if not delete check the text at the bottom of the screen for the button corresponding to setup) and set the hard disk drive as the primary boot device

if the Hard Drive is set to primary (or referred to as 1st boot device) just leave the laptop at the blinking white curser.. it may just take a while to load if new hardware is found.

1. Restart the Acer Aspire One's operating system. Wait for the Acer logo to appear on the LCD screen.
   

2. Press the "Alt" and "F10" keys at the same time to bring up the recovery menu. Press "Enter."
   

3. Click "Next." Follow the prompts that appear on the screen to restore the operating system back to factory settings.
   

4. Use the drop-down boxes to select the time zone and language information for your Acer Aspire One. Restart the netbook when you are prompted to finish restoring the computer.
   

What Operating system should be installed please?

Right click on the desktop away from the icons. Scroll down untill you see something like ati or Nvidia control panel. Select that and look in the left hand side for either screen orientation or screen rotation. Choose 0 degrees or landscape.

You can also get to these settings through the control panel > display settings > Screen Orientation > Landscape.

Hi,

Sorry don't have the solution to this problem but the same thing happened to me around the same date with my Acer netbook.

Good Luck

Hard Drive error on the Disk most likely... Try to go to Windows "Safe Mode"... pressing F5 before you see the XP Logo and after you see the system information screens. Once in safe mode... run ScanDisk.
Open My Computer | Right Click C Drive | Left Click Properties | Tools Tab Run Check Disk for Errors... also check mark both boxes.
Reboot

Upon loading press F2 or del to enter bios setup and change the settings to display the acer welcome screen and the one you said about Microsoft logo and white box with green lines, you cant by pass it because it's windows loading screen