Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety and comfort
- First things first
- Your Acer notebook tour
- Using the keyboard
- Touchpad
- Recovery
- Power management
- Battery pack
- Traveling with your computer
- Securing your computer
- Acer Theft Shield
- Wireless networks
- Using a Bluetooth connection
- Acer Converter Port
- HDMI
- Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- BIOS utility
- Frequently asked questions
- Requesting service
- Tips and hints for using Windows 8
- Three concepts you might want to keep in mind
- How do I access the charms?
- How do I get to Start?
- How do I jump between apps?
- How do I turn off my computer?
- Why is there a new interface?
- How do I unlock my computer?
- How do I personalize my computer?
- I want to use Windows in the way that I'm used to - give me my desktop back!
- Where are my apps?
- What is a Microsoft ID (account)?
- How do I add a favorite to Internet Explorer?
- How do I check for Windows updates?
- Where can I get more information?
- Troubleshooting
- Regulations and safety notices

Recovery - 47
apps. Type 'Windows system restore' in the Search Help box, then
press Enter.
Returning to a restore point
1. From Start, type 'Control Panel' and then click Control Panel in the list
of apps.
2. Click System and Security > Action Center, then click Recovery at
the bottom of the window.
3. Click Open System Restore, then Next.
4. Click the latest restore point (at a time when your system worked
correctly), click Next, then Finish.
5. A confirmation window appears; click Yes. Your system is restored
using the restore point you specified. This process may take several
minutes, and may restart your computer.
Returning your system to its factory condition
If your computer experiences problems that are not recoverable by other
methods, you may need to reinstall everything to return your system to its
factory condition. You can recover from either your hard drive or the
recovery backup you have created.
• If you can still run Windows and have not deleted the recovery partition,
see "Recovering from Windows" on page 48.
• If you cannot run Windows, your original hard drive has been completely
re-formatted or you have installed a replacement hard drive, see
"Recovering from a recovery backup" on page 52.