26 Chapter 1Acer eRecovery ManagementAcer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided bythe manufacturer. The Acer eRecovery Management utility occupies space in a hidden partition on yoursystem’s HDD. User-created backups are stored on D:\ drive. Acer eRecovery Management provides youwith:q Password protection.q Recovery of applications and drivers.q Image/data backup:q Back up to HDD (set recovery point).q Back up to CD/DVD.q Image/data recovery tools:q Recover from a hidden partition (factory defaults).q Recover from the HDD (most recent user-defined recovery point).q Recover from CD/DVD.For more information, please refer to “Acer eRecovery Management”NOTE: If your computer did not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecoveryManagement’s “System backup to optical disk” feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD. Toensure the best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management,detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your AcerezDock.