How do I erase everything and start over?


  1. mawil1013
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    How do I erase everything and start over?


    Update: Now I screwed, started the Acer set to factory settings and it couldn't finish. Something was missing. I can't go back to view the error. Oh well, crappy laptop anyway, goes in the trash now.

    I have windows 7 running on an acer Aspire 5336-2524 laptop.

    I have a Repair Disk and I also have a set of Recovery Disk's 1-4.

    I have to start over and reinstall a fresh new OS, Don't need to back.

    For the life of me I cannot understand how these Disk's work!

    To summarize, I want to delete everything totally off my HD and reinstall factory settings.
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Mawil,

    The link below from Acer can help show you how to do a factory recovery to restore Windows back to factory conditions.

    Acer Support: Frequently Asked Questions list for Recovery media and Restoring a system to factory load

    Hope this helps, :)
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  4. AddRAM
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    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    Would you rather have a Windows 7 install without all the garbage ?

    Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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  6. theog
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    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    Video:
    Acer Support - Answers, E-Mail, Chat - How do I restore my computer using the eRecovery Management program?
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