em 05-03-2014 05:03 PM
em 05-03-2014 05:23 PM
OK, let's try the next possibility. Power down you machine. On powering up, press F2 at the Acer logo screen to enter the bios menus. Look for a tab named advance or boot. Use the arrow keys to navigate and note the info on which keys do what at the bottom of the menu. Make sure your recovery DVD drive is first in the boot order. Then press F10 to exit and save the changes to the bios. Then re-start the recovery process. Report back with results.
Jack E/NJ
em 05-03-2014 05:35 PM
em 05-03-2014 06:34 PM
Did you have the recovery disc inserted when you re-booted?
Jack E/NJ
em 05-03-2014 07:44 PM
em 05-04-2014 01:10 AM
OK. I assume you're in a ctrl alt del boot loop. Correct? Have you tried to power down yet instead of ctrl alt del? Then power on again.
Jack E/NJ
em 05-05-2014 07:43 PM
em 05-05-2014 08:30 PM
I like your perseverance! Good work! Sounds like DVD/CD disk or drive LED might've had a smudge, scratch, dust speck or whatever causing a mis-read. It happens. Just didn't think about it this time because I rarely use a DVD/CD disk anymore.
Jack E/NJ
em 05-05-2014 08:55 PM
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