5 System utilities92Recovering your systemIf your operating system files are lost or damaged, the recoveryprocess will restore your system's original factory defaultsettings. Your Acer Veriton series computer includes a OneButton Recovery button, a feature that makes restoring yoursystem quick and easy.One Button Recovery works from a hidden 2 GB partition onyour hard drive that contains all the information required torestore your system.There are two ways to initiate recovery. If your computer is notequipped with the (optional) One Button Recover button, youcan press Alt + F10 after the BIOS finishes running the Power OnSelf Test (POST).Warning: Initiating the recovery operation while theoperating system is running will result in abnormalshutdown and may make your current OS unstable orunusable.After the POST runs, you have only 1.5 seconds to press Alt +F10. Follow all onscreen instructions.You can also follow the steps below:1 Locate the (optional) One Button Recovery button. See theimage on page 15.
