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!

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
> news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$...
>>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
> news:85552$49ee3d7b$62172815$...
>> 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
>>> news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$...
>>>>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
news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$...
>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
> news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$...
>>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.

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
>>> news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$...
>>>> 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.

On Apr 23, 9:07*pm, David 01 <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote:
> 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" <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote in message
> >>>news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$.. .
> >>>> 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.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

When you first got the computer, did you make a backup CD of ALL
partitions?
My 5315 took 7 CDs to create recovery disks and then another 10 CDs to
create a backup of Configuration #!1.

If you didn't then I think all is lost.

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:39:39 -0700, wrote:

> On Apr 23, 9:07Â*pm, David 01 <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote:
>> 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" <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote in message
>> >>>news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$.. .
>> >>>> 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, Â*you deleted their contents. Â*Just
>> >>> recreating the partitions will not resolve your issues. Â*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.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> When you first got the computer, did you make a backup CD of ALL
> partitions?
> My 5315 took 7 CDs to create recovery disks and then another 10 CDs to
> create a backup of Configuration #!1.
>
> If you didn't then I think all is lost.

Yes! Mine only created 3 CDs. ACER also sent me THREE CDs.

All shouldn't be lost. ACER builds new machines probably at least 5 days
a week and partitions a lot of them like mine.

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:37:31 +0000, David 01 wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:39:39 -0700, wrote:
>
>> On Apr 23, 9:07Â*pm, David 01 <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote:
>>> 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" <ifiwants...@illask.org> wrote in message
>>> >>>news:ab9c$49ebb77b$6213859c$.. .
>>> >>>> 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, Â*you deleted their contents. Â*Just
>>> >>> recreating the partitions will not resolve your issues. Â*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.- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> When you first got the computer, did you make a backup CD of ALL
>> partitions?
>> My 5315 took 7 CDs to create recovery disks and then another 10 CDs to
>> create a backup of Configuration #!1.
>>
>> If you didn't then I think all is lost.
>
> Yes! Mine only created 3 CDs. ACER also sent me THREE CDs.
>
> All shouldn't be lost. ACER builds new machines probably at least 5 days
> a week and partitions a lot of them like mine.

CORRECTION!!! My recovery disks were 3 DVDs, not CDs. And I guess ACER
probably sent the same, but I also just found this:

eRecovery Facts


· When the hard drive is replaced the system loses its eRecovery
features. These features are on the hard drive and cannot be reinstalled.

We all knew the new hardrive wouldn't have this feature unless supplied
by ACER.

· When reinstalling from the made CD/DVD's you will lose the
eRecovery program but the DOS version may still work, also if uninstalled
you can't reinstall.

Now this is news.

So I have found out that ACER doesn't have a means for a user to
reinstall eRecovery EVEN THOUGH it would not be impossible to do if ACER
would provide the means.

Thanks to everyone for your input.

David 01 wrote:
<snip>
>
> Now this is news.
>
> So I have found out that ACER doesn't have a means for a user to
> reinstall eRecovery EVEN THOUGH it would not be impossible to do if ACER
> would provide the means.
>
> Thanks to everyone for your input.


An image backup of the disk before making any changes to it can make it easy
to return to the original condition.

Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image and other packages allow you to do that.

You don't have to rely upon the manufacturer.