Post restoring to factory settings

I Have an Acer Aspire 5720-4171. It doesn't have a screen due to being dropped. Ive been using an external monitor for about a year now. I decided it was time to clean up my files so I did a Factory Reset using the alt+f10 option during boot up. I guess the system restored but I wouldn't know because I can't get the external monitor to work and I can't see the laptop screen. I Tried booting in safe mode and I keep getting a message that windows cannot install in safe mode and to restart the computer. Anyone know how to get a signal on my external monitor? Or can anyone give me an idea of what's on my screen right now so I can blindly click around and try to fix it...?

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Tabbiekatz

Try hiting Fn F5 and see if that sends the signal back to your external monitor (windows 7, windows 8 is just F5).

acolon93

Tried that. It does turn my laptop screen off but its still not sending it to my external monitor.

Tabbiekatz

Does that monitor require drivers? Most dont, but there are some out there that do. If you want to replace that screen, give me the model number and I'll see what I can do about finding the part number for you.