Laptop Slowing Up - Hijack This log

T4LFR

When i luanch from the Acer eRecovery widget, it gives me the option to do a full backup (as no backup exists). But only a full back up which says it needs 89gb, obv I dont have that space on the HDD. It also doesnt look like it provdes the option to save the back up to another drive...

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you can use macrium reflect free to backup, assuming you have an external disk to save the image to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXdTrspAZkw

T4LFR

Doesnt come up looking like the video, thats for sure, no options come up to do a recovery disk.. :-(

T4LFR

No hold on a minute found the option to do a disk...

T4LFR

Ok, so when I go to do a factory restore disc it says i dont have enough room (obv). There is an option/button to click on "restore factory defaults", go for that?

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it will wipe all your data if you do that, have you backed it up?

enough room to create a disc? what's the exact message and what did you click on

T4LFR

So, I am clicking on create a factory default disc, once i do this it says insert a blank disc (even tells me that it will need 2 dDVDs). Once I enter a blank it says "there is not enough working space on your "D" drive...

T4LFR

So if i back up to my external drive, then click the factory default restore. I presume that I am setting the laptop up from scratch? One point, when I click on the "restore system to factory default" it asks for a password grrrr...

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is d: drive your dvd writer?

have you created any other discs recently, ie does it work

you don't want to restore to factory default unless you are prepared to wipe/lose all your data

if you backup with macrium first, make sure it is readable before continuing, and create the macrium rescue cd

the password was probably set the first time you ran erecovery

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireE360/AspireE360faq67.shtml

T4LFR

Well technicaly the DVD drive is actually "E", and it says "D" (when it says that there isnt enough room) - there isnt a D. But when I am selecting the drive, it only comes up with "E" -figure that one out!