Acer e-recovery passwords Help Please!!
 

We have an Acer 3860 laptop and can't remember the recovery password. I found this info and am not sure how to implement it. Can anyone help??? TIA



Acer e-recovery passwords
Acer has a nice built in backup/recovery tool. Only drawback: you need to define a password when making your first backup, and by the time you do a restore, you sure have forgotten it.

Luckily, the password is stored in plain text on a hidden partition in the following file: /TOOLS/AIMDRS.DAT
The hidden partition can easily be mounted with any linux live cd.

Re: Acer e-recovery passwords Help Please!!
 

Live CD is anybootable cd that acts as OS and can use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD
http://www.google.co.tz/search?q=liv...ient=firefox-a
http://www.livecdlist.com/

Re: Acer e-recovery passwords Help Please!!
 

Thanks so much! I understand how it works much better now and am giving it a try. I'll get back with the results after I use it.

Re: Acer e-recovery passwords Help Please!!
 

you are welcome! Have any question? Don't hesitate to ask