Does it have a restore partition?
"To access the recovery partition on your Acer computer for recovery,
follow the steps listed below.

1. Power on the computer
2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the *Alt* key and press the *F10* key
simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery.
3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click *Restore to Factory Default Settings*
4. Click *OK* to continue
5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C:
drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10
minutes).
6. Once eRecovery has run, press *OK* to reboot unit

Note that all data will be lost during this process and your computer will
be brought back to it's original factory state and settings."
Otherwise, you can buy probably buy restore disks from Acer.

"On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:50 PM, john Clemence
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I bought an Acer Aspire 5732Z about a couple of years ago and it developed
> a problem with the DVD player. Once the company I bought it from knew I had
> a problem within the warranty period I found I could not log into my
> account to get the repair booked in -- this may have been a coincidence but
> I got so frustrated that I bought a new notebook.
>
> My daughter needs a laptop to enable her to work from home and I would
> like to let her have the Acer. I think I would need to format the hard
> drive but I don't think the machine came with any discs, (or I can't find
> them at the moment). Is there any way to format the hard drive and then
> re-install the o/s, (windows 7 home premium). I don't think I could access
> the internet without an o/s, and then there will be the problem of loading
> the drivers!
>
> Perhaps I could clear all my old stuff but then I would have the
> intermittent dvd which I think is a software problem.
>
> I will have another look for any discs but I don't recall any. I wonder if
> anyone has got any ideas how I can restore this machine?
>
> Regards,
>
> John.
>
>
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