Acer Aspire 5515

I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the restore
partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

Most commonly, a single restore CD must have the factory image on the hard
drive in order to restore the drive to its factory original state. If you
deleted this partition the restore CD is worthless.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the restore
partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:48:48 -0400, HH wrote:

Most commonly, a single restore CD must have the factory image on the
hard drive in order to restore the drive to its factory original state.
If you deleted this partition the restore CD is worthless.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going
to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the
restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

Duh! Why do think I was asking so that I could put it back????????

Duh! If you deleted the partition, how can you "put it back"???

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:48:48 -0400, HH wrote:

Most commonly, a single restore CD must have the factory image on the
hard drive in order to restore the drive to its factory original state.
If you deleted this partition the restore CD is worthless.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going
to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the
restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

Duh! Why do think I was asking so that I could put it back????????

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:53:49 -0400, HH wrote:

Duh! If you deleted the partition, how can you "put it back"???

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:48:48 -0400, HH wrote:

Most commonly, a single restore CD must have the factory image on the
hard drive in order to restore the drive to its factory original
state. If you deleted this partition the restore CD is worthless.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going
to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format
and partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can
tell me the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is
ACER and there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of
the restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm
that?

Thanks!

Duh! Why do think I was asking so that I could put it back????????

Duh! Your question and your first comment indicate that all this is above
your head. How do you think the partition was created in the first place?
Now run along and bug someone else. You can't help and I don't want to
play with your kind. ie, hit the road!!!

In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny . . . "whatta morone!" Adieu.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:53:49 -0400, HH wrote:

Duh! If you deleted the partition, how can you "put it back"???

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:48:48 -0400, HH wrote:

Most commonly, a single restore CD must have the factory image on the
hard drive in order to restore the drive to its factory original
state. If you deleted this partition the restore CD is worthless.

HH


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going
to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format
and partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can
tell me the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is
ACER and there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of
the restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm
that?

Thanks!

Duh! Why do think I was asking so that I could put it back????????

Duh! Your question and your first comment indicate that all this is above
your head. How do you think the partition was created in the first place?
Now run along and bug someone else. You can't help and I don't want to
play with your kind. ie, hit the road!!!

"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the restore
partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

If you deleted the partitions, you deleted their contents. Just recreating
the partitions will not resolve your issues. As I understand it the restore
CD only processes the restoration, using the content of those partitions.
Ergo the restore CD can restore any simular PC to any variety of
configurations, all depending on the content of those partitions.

Long story short, you need to do a complete install, there is nothing to
restore.

KMC

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:42:06 -0500, Kevin Childers wrote:

"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was going
to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format and
partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can tell me
the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is ACER and
there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of the
restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm that?

Thanks!

If you deleted the partitions, you deleted their contents. Just
recreating the partitions will not resolve your issues. As I understand
it the restore CD only processes the restoration, using the content of
those partitions. Ergo the restore CD can restore any simular PC to any
variety of configurations, all depending on the content of those
partitions.

Long story short, you need to do a complete install, there is nothing to
restore.

KMC

I'm aware that I deleted the contents of the partitions. That exactly was
what I intended to do.

If I use the restore Cd's, they only completely erase and restore the
ACER partition and of course, do nothing to the restore partition because
it has not been re-created, (I'm assuming that is the reason). I'm also
assuming that if I re-create the restore partition and give it the
original name and size, that the restore Cd's will do as they do on the
ACER partition and erase the information (of course there won't be any
there the first time) and restore it as from the factory. I can't do a
complete install because I don't have install disks. I have the software
and experience to re-create, re-size, move, etc partitions on the HD, no
problem.

Thanks for your reply.

David 01 wrote:
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:42:06 -0500, Kevin Childers wrote:

"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was
going to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format
and partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can
tell me the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is
ACER and there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name
of the restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone
confirm that?

Thanks!

If you deleted the partitions, you deleted their contents. Just
recreating the partitions will not resolve your issues. As I
understand it the restore CD only processes the restoration, using
the content of those partitions. Ergo the restore CD can restore any
simular PC to any variety of configurations, all depending on the
content of those partitions.

Long story short, you need to do a complete install, there is
nothing to restore.

KMC

I'm aware that I deleted the contents of the partitions. That exactly
was what I intended to do.

If I use the restore Cd's, they only completely erase and restore the
ACER partition and of course, do nothing to the restore partition
because it has not been re-created, (I'm assuming that is the
reason). I'm also assuming that if I re-create the restore partition
and give it the original name and size, that the restore Cd's will do
as they do on the ACER partition and erase the information (of course
there won't be any there the first time) and restore it as from the
factory. I can't do a complete install because I don't have install
disks. I have the software and experience to re-create, re-size,
move, etc partitions on the HD, no problem.

Thanks for your reply.

The restore CDs look for, and use, the information on the "restore"
partition. In other words, they work together and with each other. Even if
you have (had) the restore CD, it would be of no use to you without the
restore partition and vice versa. If you've deleted the restore partition,
no amount of restore discs will help you.

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:54:20 +0100, Pete Zahut wrote:

David 01 wrote:
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:42:06 -0500, Kevin Childers wrote:

"David 01" wrote in message
...
I bought one and intentionally deleted all the partitions. I was
going to
restore it to factory defaults but the restore disk doesn't format
and partition the drive. Does anyone have one that is stock and can
tell me the name of the restore partition? The regular partition is
ACER and there was one called DATA, I think, but I forgot the name of
the restore partition. Also, I think it was 10 GB. Can anyone confirm
that?

Thanks!

If you deleted the partitions, you deleted their contents. Just
recreating the partitions will not resolve your issues. As I
understand it the restore CD only processes the restoration, using the
content of those partitions. Ergo the restore CD can restore any
simular PC to any variety of configurations, all depending on the
content of those partitions.

Long story short, you need to do a complete install, there is nothing
to restore.

KMC

I'm aware that I deleted the contents of the partitions. That exactly
was what I intended to do.

If I use the restore Cd's, they only completely erase and restore the
ACER partition and of course, do nothing to the restore partition
because it has not been re-created, (I'm assuming that is the reason).
I'm also assuming that if I re-create the restore partition and give it
the original name and size, that the restore Cd's will do as they do on
the ACER partition and erase the information (of course there won't be
any there the first time) and restore it as from the factory. I can't
do a complete install because I don't have install disks. I have the
software and experience to re-create, re-size, move, etc partitions on
the HD, no problem.

Thanks for your reply.

The restore CDs look for, and use, the information on the "restore"
partition. In other words, they work together and with each other. Even
if you have (had) the restore CD, it would be of no use to you without
the restore partition and vice versa. If you've deleted the restore
partition, no amount of restore discs will help you.

Thanks for your reply. Let me clarify something. I do have the restore
CDs and they will restore the ACER (C partition WITHOUT the restore
partition or it's information being present. It just doesn't restore the
restore partition (which I think will work without the CDs (may not be
correct there because I haven't tried that)) nor the DATA partition. ie,
I do not have a restore partition nor any restore info on my drive and
the restore CDs will restore the ACER partition without them. I assume
it's formatting that partition and then reinstalling to it. It's factory
fresh, just like out of the box (with the exception that there is no
hidden or otherwise restore partition nor DATA partition) after I use
them.