5Empowering TechnologyAcer eRecovery ManagementAcer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the needfor recovery disks provided by the manufacturer. The Acer eRecoveryManagement utility occupies space in a hidden partition on your system's HDD.User-created backups are stored on D:\ drive. Acer eRecovery Managementprovides you with:• Password protection.• Recovery of applications and drivers.• Image/data backup:• Backup to HDD (set recovery point).• Backup to CD/DVD.• Image/data recovery tools:• Recover from a hidden partition (factory defaults).• Recover from the HDD (most recent user-defined recovery point).• Recover from CD/DVD.For more information, please refer to "Acer eRecovery Management" on page67 in the AcerSystem User's Guide.Note: If your computer did not come with a Recovery CD orSystem CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management's "Systembackup to optical disk" feature to burn a backup image to CD orDVD. To ensure the best results when recovering your systemusing a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals(except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one),including your Acer ezDock.