http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Need-to-Factory-Restore-my-Acer-Aspire/m-p/98035#M23547 <P>Hi everyone, I made this account specifically to resolve this problem.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have my Acer Aspire M5100 that I am looking to restore.&nbsp;</P><P>I do not have the original CD's to do this that the desktop came with. I have tried pressing Alt + F10 on the startup but that doesn't work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried pressing 'del' on the startup and it takes me to a screen with the option to "load default settings." Is that going to factory restore? If not, do I need to get a CD?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks..</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>-Joshua</P> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:41:53 GMT JoshuaG2 2013-06-15T20:41:53Z http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Need-to-Factory-Restore-my-Acer-Aspire/m-p/98035#M23547 <P>Hi everyone, I made this account specifically to resolve this problem.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have my Acer Aspire M5100 that I am looking to restore.&nbsp;</P><P>I do not have the original CD's to do this that the desktop came with. I have tried pressing Alt + F10 on the startup but that doesn't work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried pressing 'del' on the startup and it takes me to a screen with the option to "load default settings." Is that going to factory restore? If not, do I need to get a CD?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks..</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>-Joshua</P> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:41:53 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Need-to-Factory-Restore-my-Acer-Aspire/m-p/98035#M23547 JoshuaG2 2013-06-15T20:41:53Z http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Need-to-Factory-Restore-my-Acer-Aspire/m-p/99023#M23548 <P>that will restore defaults in BIOS, not on hard drive</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>need this <SPAN><A href="http://community.acer.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Reloading-your-Acer-computer/ta-p/45793" target="_blank">Reloading your Acer computer </A></SPAN></P> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:46 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Need-to-Factory-Restore-my-Acer-Aspire/m-p/99023#M23548 HK53T 2013-06-19T13:49:46Z