System Recovery

Acer:

Here is the standard Acer Recovery Instructions

1. Power on the machine

2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the “Alt” key and press the “F10” key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery

3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click “Restore to Factory Default Settings”

4. Click “OK” to continue

5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C: drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10 minutes).

6. Once eRecovery has run, press “OK” to reboot unit

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ASUS

Asus Laptop Recovery

Tap on F9 when Asus logo appears.. for details, follow link below:

http://support.asus.com/technicaldoc…e=en-us&NO=498

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Dell:

Dimension 3000
You must press <F8> before the Windows logo appears on the screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, the Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not see the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat this step until you see the menu on the screen.

 

Here are the recovery instructions from Dell.

1. Reboot, and press Ctrl + F11 at the Dell logo.

2. The Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec screen will come up.

3. Select “Restore” or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.

4. if you wish to continue, click “Confirm”, or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.

5. When the utility is finished, click “Finish”, or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter.

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eMachine:

eMachine:

Accessed while in Windows. Located in the start menu under emachine. I also read you can hold the F8 key on boot.

or

hold F10 to get boot menue

choose boot to hard disk

THEN

press enter twice then hold the ALT key while pressing the F11 repeatedly

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Fujitsu

http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/services/c…/recovery.html

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Gateway

1. Reboot, and press F11 or the R key to start the recovery process.

2. Select either “Full System Restore (Destructive)” or “Full System Restore (With Backup)”*.

3. Click “Next”, and then click “Yes” to confirm the recovery process.

4.Wait for the computer to restore itself. When it is done, click “Reboot” to reboot the computer.

 

*Full System Restore With Backup preserves data in the My Documents folder, but requires 4 GB of disk space.

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HP/Compaq laptops.

1. Reboot, and repeatedly press F10 at the HP logo until the recovery screen appears.

2. When the recovery screen appears, press “Next” and then “Yes” to perform a non-destructive recovery.

3. To perform a destructive recovery, click “Advanced” and then “Yes”.

4. After the recovery is finished, the laptop will reboot.

 

some Compaq laptops it’s just press f11 after turning the power on.

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Lenovo

press f11 before or during POST

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EI Systems

EI Systems laptop recovery instructions

To start the recovery, press the F10 key when you first turn on your computer. Tap F10 repeatedly until you see ‘Starting System Recovery‘.

From there you can choose to do Format or a Non-destructive recovery.

For more information on EI Systems 3085 recovery (may work with other models), refer to this website.

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IBM

IBM Thinkpad laptop recovery

To access pre-boot service partition to recover your software:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si…id=MIGR-4UFUYK

 

To access service partition when linux changed F11 function:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si…IGR-46088.html

 

To get a Product Recovery CD or DVD:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si…7HWZ#partition

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NEC

http://www.nec-computers.com/support/

Select your model and download the Users Guide. You need to extract the files and open Main.htm. Search for RECOVERY topic.

Example (for i-Select M5210):

Once the NEC logo appears, press the F11 key

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Packard Bell

Packard Bell laptop recovery

When the Packard Bell logo appears, press the

F11 key for a few seconds to start the Recovery Program.

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Sony

Laptop Recovery for Sony Vaio

When the VAIO logo appears on the computer’s screen, briefly press the F10

The VAIO Recovery Wizard appears.

Other options here:

http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/m…200%2034432948

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Toshiba

Toshiba laptop recovery

Recovery procedure for Toshiba laptops (may not work for all models but worth a try).

Toshiba recover #1

Samsung

Laptops
Press F4 after starting the PC

Basic Restore : A Basic Restore reloads all the Windows operating system files and leaves all personal files, programs and settings intact. By reloading the Windows operating system, a Basic restore can fix many Windows related problems.
Complete Restore : A Complete Restore uses a Complete Backup to restore your system to the condition it was in when the Complete Backup was made. If you have no stored Complete Backups, you can still use the Complete Restore function to restore your computer to its initial status.
Data Restore : A Data Restore reloads files that you have previously backed up using a Data Backup.
System Software Installation : System Software Installation can be used to reload all the Samsung application and device driver files, leaving all other programs and settings intact. By reloading the System Software you can solve many hardware related problems.