Acer eRecovery slow

seavixen32 · 25 Apr 2012

Burdus32 said:

That's the only problem with using recovery disks. A few scratches could render the whole recovery useless. :-(
Does Acer let you burn one set of disks? Or are you limited to only creating one set?

You don't necessarily have to use discs.

I used a USB flash drive to create the recovery software for a Dell I bought recently.

A bit more expensive, granted, but a lot less likely to get damaged in my view.

Brds7t7 · 25 Apr 2012

I've done that with a few of mine. My windows sp1 is on a flash drive along with a few others. If I do make disks I tend to make 2 copies of each just in case.

mjf · 25 Apr 2012

It's good that you sorted out the problem. DVDs can be risky.

As I said earlier it is best to use recovery partition on the HDD. This partition is easily imaged with free Macrium Reflect and reimaged if damaged. I reimaged my ACER recovery partition to a new replacement HDD and could do a factory recovery without any problem.