spontaneous recovery system popup

My new Aspire ATC is working great as far as I can tell. However, when I was playing a game installed on my C: drive (that I play often), an Acer Recovery System spontaneously popped up. I clicked it, then there was a screen that prompted me to OK a factory reset, although I would lose everything on my C: drive. Of course I cancelled out.

To me this seemed to indicate that 1) I had requested this reset, which I didn't, or 2) the system detected a problem that caused the need for the recovery system to run, which I don't think I do since everything is working perfectly.

Should I be worried about this? Does this have anything to do with the fact that I have reserved Windows 10?

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JordanB

kcasey,

I'm pretty sure that popup is trying to remind you to create an Acer factory default USB recovery drive.

I would strongly encourage you to do that right away.

I have two TC-605's and my neighbor has a TC-605. Some TC-605's only require a 16 GB USB flash drive while others require a 32 GB USB flash drive. So I would suggest getting a 32 GB USB flash drive. They're around $9.00 at best buy.

Definitely create a factory default recovery USB drive before you update to Windows 10. (And backup your acer Apps and drivers to DVD too)

http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26286/~/create-a-acer-factory-default-backup-in-windows-8.1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He10GEuVATA

Edit: If you don't create a USB factory default backup, and something goes haywire down the road, Acer charges $45 to get the factory default recovery discs.

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