Making recovery backup

Tony62
Tony62 Member Posts: 4 New User
Hi. Acer say the preinstaled factory settings should Be coppied to an USB stick, then the software and drivers on DVD's. Why are the DVD's nececary ?? and can they also be put on the same USB stick ??
Thanks Tony.

Answers

  • Sharanji
    Sharanji ACE Posts: 4,327 Pathfinder

    You will need a 16 GB or larger USB drive to create the recovery media. It would have the operating sysstem, drivers and pre-installed operating system of your computer. You do need to use dvd disc seperatly to software disc

     

    Here,s the weblink to create the USB recovery media 
    http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26287/kw/create%20recovery%20%20windows%208 

     

    Click the Kudos kudos-thumbs-up.png to say “Thanks” for helping! select "Accept Solution" if your issue is resovled.

     

  • Tony62
    Tony62 Member Posts: 4 New User

    thanks for the info. unfortunatley i have not yet made my back up. i do not trust the initial settings , and have concerns about being hacked and controlled remoteley. thanks for your imput anyway. greetings, Tony