Aspire XC-885 "out of the box" restore option to reset?

Lemmein
Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User
edited March 2023 in Aspire and Veriton Desktops

Hi, is there a restore option to reset this PC to its “out of the box” settings?
Hidden partition etc ?


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  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    I have seen vids on using Acer Care Centre etc but it isn't on the system ..

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,895 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    Hold the ALT Key and tap the F10 at boot.

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,895 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    The Acer restore key is Alt + F10. These keys are used to restore system to factory defaults if the system failure due to virus/hacker/malware attacks, software errors, wrong operations, hardware corruption, etc.Dec 5, 2022

  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    Using diskpart I can see there is no OEM partitition, just a 1GB partition label “restore” ..
    @ just 1GB I guess that is to do with windows and not a factory reset/restore ?

    Heyho ..

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,895 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    Just do an ALT-F10

    Factory Restore or

    Here's how to do it:

    1. In the search box on your laptop, type Recovery, then click Acer Recovery Management.
    2. Click Recovery Management.
    3. In Acer Care Center, click Get started next to Reset your PC.
    4. Click Remove everything.
    5. Click Just remove my files or Remove files and clean the drive depending on your needs.
    6. Click Reset.
  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    Oops .. My apologies Larryodie I didn't see your replies ..

    Tried several times but just goes to login as normal ..

  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    Ok got the alt-f10 working .. Wireless keyboard was the prob ..

    There is no “image” file on the sys, what option do I select to get it back to out of the box restore or is this just a Win10 restore ?

    Thanks ..

  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    Thanks for your patience ..
    Hmmm .. There is no “Acer Recovery Management” option ..

    There is , create recovery drive , recovery options(system) but I think they are for windows ..

  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    At F10 there is no “Factory Restore” but there is are 2 restores options ie: clean or keep files etc ..
    I will try the clean but have to backup what I want to keep ..

    Thanks for your time .. Appreciated ..

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,895 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    Answer ✓

    Yes, I just noticed that on my TC-895.

    I think that I formatted my boot drive the last time and did a restore.

    I had a system Backup on a USB Hard Drive so it restored that file.

    You can always wipe it and do a https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

  • Lemmein
    Lemmein Member Posts: 8 New User

    Are there any Acer specific drivers/apps to enable a rapid start, faster, snappier OS ..
    As always with a PC had gradually got slower and slower over time (chocked up no doubt) so I tried that keep files restore but no change ..
    I was just hoping there was an OEM restore option but I believe there is only a Win10 restore option ..
    Anywho I'll try the full reset ..

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,895 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    What is your hard drive ?

    What is your RAM size,?

    What is your start-up programs that are enabled in Task Manager ?

    Resets will do wonders. I don't know wht ACER doesn't have the full factory default option anymore ??

    If you don't have a SSD boot drive then don't expect a fast boot.

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