This tutorial can also help to do it on other computer brands

Disclaimer: First of all must be aware that some may come measures irreversible changes have on your hard drive, I recommend that you and I will never make enough backup your system before you start making each holding more dangerous. Any damage to and / or changes made to your system under your entire responsibility. The following procedures were done on an Acer> Aspire 5102WLMi and sometimes works on a Dell Inspiron 9400/1705.

As you know, the Acer computer and those of other manufacturers now installed with a system of restoration in a hidden partition on the disk supplied. This system leads to when you press ALT + F10 simultaneously. And sometimes, for various reasons, this system does not work anymore.

The first cause is often due to the fact that D2D Recovery function is disable in the BIOS(menu principal).

The solution: Turn it on and try to press ALT + F10 keys during startup.

The second reason was deleted in this case PQSERVICE hidden partition or is damaged, or replace the disk and in this case it is not present.

The solution: If you do not already been a backup of your system by a picture disc. It will not be possible to use the D2D recovery. Their only hope is toin your possession Acer Recovery CD / DVD.

And damaged the third causes: the Acer Master Boot Record (MBR) or replaced by non-Acer MBR. As long as PQSERVICE partition exists or that you hand over the necessary Acer put the files you can reinstall the Acer MBR too.

The solution:

First method: on a functioning Windows system:

1 Turn off the D2D recovery option in the BIOS.

2 Open a WindowsMeeting with an administrator account.

3 Download, unzip and start partedit32 (registration required for download).

4 Enter the Pqservice partition by its size (at the bottom of the window partedit there is a partition-plate) is made a small partition size is approximately 2 to 6 Go.Once change the type of partition and store it in 0C . Start and open a meeting with an administrator account, you should be able to navigate the PQservice partition. Seekthese two files mbrwrdos.exe and once rtmbr.bin localized open a command prompt and run this command rtmbr.bin install mbrwrdos.exe, it will install the Acer MBR. Close the window to start the command prompt again, Windows will activate in the BIOS and the D2D recovery. Now ALT + F10 should start Acer recovery on the startup.

Second method: On a Windows system is not operational.

You'll need a Linux distribution to use (for me Mandrivaprovided all the necessary tools).

1 boat on the Mandriva installation CD / DVD boot menu gives you the opportunity to repair or restore the Windows boot loader.

2 If that is not enough to start the installation of Linux (this is an opportunity) this horrible OS) test and choose LILO as a bootloader (boot menu that you can select the choice between different operating systems if the installation completed . Restart the computer in the boot loader menu system, you need toat least 2 Windows options you select, the first general point to PQservice and start directly in acer D2D recovery.

The final solution is the simplest mind you, that during the Linux installation you shrink your Windows partition to make room for a new Linux partition is the most dangerous part, because of irreversible have created, therefore precautions at this time .

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