My Acer was set on a magnet, and now my computer is asking for a bootable drive. Thoughts?

Cristie

So, yeah. We wiped out the hard drive to the point that the e-recovery I keep reading about won't recover my Windows operating system! I know that I could order a USB stick for $20 and possibly restore my system, but I'm not sure if my hard drive is worth anything...it's making a "scratched record" noise when it turns on, and then beeps every minute or so when asking for a bootable drive. I can, however, get the setup (F2) to work when the ACER logo pops up at startup, so not all is lost. I've been thinking about making a system restore from my other, older ACER and using it, but not sure all of the processes needed to make that work! Anyone have any better ideas?

Tommy-Acer

System recovery media is not generic, but contains drivers and software specific to the model it ships on. 
Creating recovery media from a different system may not work correctly if the hardware is not identical.

 

I would highly suggest obtaining the recovery media, especially if you intend to replace the hard drive.