Hello and good evening, noob saibot here and needs some herp.
I've got an Acer Aspire 5515 with windows Home Vista.
Noticing some problems with spyware and or viruses I decided to Reset it to factory default settings.
Not sure if i need that cd for it to work but I tried hitting alt with f10 right after start up and this is what i get. Now this is exactly what i get.
EDIT BOOT OPTIONS
Edit Windows boot options for: Microsoft Windows Vista
Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Hard Disk: f52d9ca1
[ /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN ]
ENTER=SUBMIT ESC=CANCEL
Now after the windows starts to load, meaning after the desktop comes up, I get an Acer eRecovery Management error with a huge X in the box saying....
Buring
INTIS Error! eRecovery must be terminated.
Plox herp I have no idea what to try.
Thanks for your attention.
seems like your recovery partition is corrupted.. you have some options here..
You can run recovery through recovery cd.. if you have it.. or if you have the windows cd, you can install a fresh windows and then install the drivers.. It might be wise to backup all the drivers first
use Driver genuis. the free version to back all your drivers
If you have any software, use belarc advisor "free version" to get out all your software serial number and keys and as well as your drivers specifications.
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Or the other option is try to repair the errors you are getting by running a fun malware bytes scan on safe mode and checking any suspicious process running under "processes"
I agree that it appears that the recovery partition seems corrupt. You cannot download a replacement recovery partition. You can purchase (for a nominal fee - I'm not sure how much as I couldn't get that far without a serial number) Recovery Disks for your system from Acer. Go to the following: https://secure.tx.acer.com/RCDB/Main.aspx?brand=acer and enter your computer's serial number to find the right disks and have the procedure and costs explained. If you choose to buy them, you should then be able to use these disks to restore your computer to original factory conditions if that's really what you want to do.
Also, before you do this make certain you can fully read the Vista Product Key located on a label on the bottom of your laptop. While the automated activation process often works when restoring from Recovery Disks, it also may not work (and it won't work if you use a genuine Vista Installation Disk) and without that key you will not be able to activate Vista and you'll be in serious trouble. The key provided by Belarc will be the master key from the manufacturer - not your personal Product Key - and the master key will not work for activation. If you can't read the Product Key (maybe it rubbed off or is missing), then you should seriously re-consider the idea of a restore to factory conditions and try repairing the problems as suggested in the prior post and below - otherwise you may end up in a situation where buying a new operating system is your only choice and if the machine can't handle Windows 7 then finding a copy of Vista to purchase can be a real challenge (I don't even know where to get one anymore). You can determine if your system can handle Windows 7 with the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en.
You can also post your infection concerns in our Security Forum System Security - Vista Forums where an expert will assist you in confirming whether or not you truly are infected and, if so, assist you in eradicating that infection. Then restoring to factory conditions may not be required (assuming it is required even now). Although running Malwarebytes is a good start (and often one of the first steps in the process used by our expert here), this check will be much more thorough and you can be much more certain things are really OK (as I don't know why you think you're infected but you should post that in your first post if you try this option).
