having problems formatting acer aspire pc

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 01:56:19

As you don't have any disks, I take it you are selling or giving the comp away. WIPE OUT will clean the drive. http://murfsgarage.cybertechhelp.co... http://murfsgarage.cybertechhelp.co...

no im not selling my pc i just want to reformat it as having a few problems with installing my graphics programs on it the pc did not come with any disks

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 03:01:19

"the pc did not come with any disks" So how are you going to reinstall Vista without any CD. Once you format, you lose everything.

because when i got the pc i was told it was built in to the computer that all i had to do was press alt and F10 togother and this would then bring up the recovery startup but i cant get that to work i understand when you format a pc you loose everything

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 04:31:04

"and need to format it back to factory settings" When you talk about format, we take you at your word. What you should have said is, I want to restore it back to factory settings. Try these. FN + F10 Or, CTRL + F10 Or, Alt + F10

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 04:40:05

Alt+F10 is the key for System Restore http://techietalkz.com/2011/05/03/h... Once your computer turned on, press and hold Alt key, then continuous press F10 button until you see Acer eRecovery System is running (you might need to do it for a couple of times before your system entered Acer eRecovery System, I failed to enter for a few times when I trying it out, not sure why though). You should have three or more options available.

i have tried that spent 3 hours last night doing it but still will not work i was told to press F8 and go to advance boot options and click repair from that but cant find repair on the list either when i hold the alt button and keep pressing F10 it keeps coming up with Edit Boot options Path windows system32 winload exe partition 1 Hardisk 1886b504 /no execute option also what is the Fn button on the keyboard i have alt ctrl shift a windows flag but cant see fn

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 04:58:26

" acer aspire desktop" What is the EXACT model number?

M1641 is the model

in bios for the boot settings it has boot from 1st boot usb generic 2nd boot sata 3rd boot cd/dvd if any of that helps

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 05:10:40

I always set mine to boot from the HDD ( Sata ) first, check the manual to see what it says for that & restore. acer aspire m1641 manual download http://is.gd/MtVCA0 http://support.acer-euro.com/driver...

thankyou will give that a try

Still not working :( i have tried installing the e recovery but that will not let mecomes up with error boot.

Johnw March 18, 2013 at 05:57:59

acer aspire m1641 recovery disk download http://is.gd/Lkoe3A