Need to recover a laptop/

U are going to need a retail OS disc(i recommend win 7 SP1) and drivers downloaded from Acer website. U can get a free copy if u know how to Google. You know the real meaning of peace only if you have been through the war.

I do but I am at work and the one at home is shot. could you send me a link?

How do you know if there is a recovery partition or not? If you removed the recovery partition and you have no disks your only option is to contact Acer for recovery disks. There may be a charge. See if the link below helps with that. http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answer...