I purchased a used acer aspire 5610z and Im trying to restore system to factory default but its asking for a password and he didn't give me one, is there a way to get that password or reset it I already tried 000000 please help me

There is no default password for Administrator user.
Normally you can set the Administrator during installation. If you don't know or you didn't install the system yourself ask who install the windows for the password.

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Please save any files or photo,s that you may have on your laptop ist


Then you could try this method without using the disks
Click Start" menu

Click Programs

Click Acer Recovery Management

Click the Restore button on the bottom of the dialog box that opens

Click Restore System to Factory Default

Click Yes in the warning dialog box which asks if you wish to continue the recovery process

Click yes Start to restore the computer to the default factory settings

Sometimes there is a default acer password which is quite often 000000 that is 6 zero's

or place the recovery disk into your cd

restart the laptop pressing F12 i believe

then follow on screen instructions

many thanks

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well good news maybe on start up press the alt +f10 or ctrl+ f10 and this will put it through to factory restore and hopefully it will not ask for youre password finger crossed if you do get in it then write the restore disks for next time using epowering tech it uses 2 dvds on mine and mine is the 7730 gud luck
just done some research and the default is 000000 try that out

i had sometime on my hands re download it from herehttp://www.acer.co.uk/acer/service.do?La... let me know if this does it if not ill keep trying im bored lol
before you do it just check the model i have entered is the same as yours ?
good luck

my guess is its the framework you need

Hi Fentylfc,

Click "Start" menu.

Click "Programs."

Click "Acer Recovery Management."

Click the "Restore" button on the bottom of the dialog box that opens.

Click "Restore System to Factory Default."

Click "Yes" in the warning dialog box which asks if you wish to continue the recovery process.

Click "Start" to restore the computer to the default factory settings

If you are unable to access the Start menu, use the recovery CDs that came with the computer and always make a back-up CD before restoring a computer to factory defaults. Good Luck...

ACER PC Restore to factory settings

• Run Acer eRecovery Management
• Copy the Acer factory default backup disk Image
• Create backup of the system
  • Create a complete backup
  • Creating an incremental backup
  • Erase a backup point
• Using the option ‘‘Burn Disk’’
  • Burn a backup disc with the factory default settings
  • Burn a backup disc with the parameters of user
  • Copy the current system configuration to disc
  • Burn a disc backup software
• Restore the system
  • Restore system to factory default settings
  • Restore system from backup user
  • Recover the system from CD / DVD
  • Re-install applications / drivers
  • Other means of System Restore
  • No Restore CD / eRecovery / password / ALT + F10 or F10

Hello. Call Acer direct and speak to one of their techs. Go to this link for the contact phone numbers

http://us.acer.com/acer/contact_us.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx2.c2att1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=453&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=3529792491

please mark this answer as very helpful. thanks. Joe

"Restoring a system should be a last ditch effort in trying to repair a computer, since restoration causes all programs and many files to be lost forever. Restoring an Acer computer to its original factory settings can be done in a few easy steps."

1. Click “Start” menu.
2. Click “Programs.”
3. Click “Acer Recovery Management.”
4. Click the “Restore” button on the bottom of the dialog box that opens.
5. Click “Restore System to Factory Default.”
6. Click “Yes” in the warning dialog box which asks if you wish to continue the recovery process.
7. Click “Start” to restore the computer to the default factory settings.

There might be one step you could try to restore the system to factory specifications. When you turn the laptop on, and you see the Acer splash screen, press the Alt-F10 keys together at the same time, and this should hopefully bring the Acer eRecovery system up, provided that your computer has the built-in recovery partition. If it asks for a password, try using the default of "000000". If that doesn't work, then a password has been entered into the system, and there is no way to reset it, however there is a way to find out what the password is, however it does require the use of the Ubuntu Operating System (which is free to download, here)

There are two way's you can restore your laptop,

When you power on your laptop the acer splash screen pop's up, at that time press the -Alt- key and F10 key at the same time,
at the eRecovery Management menu it should ask you how you want to restore, click on the restore option, or

From the window's desktop click on start, then all program's, then acer Empowering Technology, click on Acer eRecovery Management, create a password, click on restore, then click on restore system to factroy default.

any changes to windows registry that are automatically done such as Windows background updates will make restore un-useable. Microsoft should provide this warning, maybe they do but I have not seen it. Try disabling auto-updates, but first you must get back to "...set computer back to factory default".