I wanted to install w7 so i accidentally formatted some drives. Then noticed i cant install w7 because of the gtp partition. As you can see in the pic partition 1 the recovery one looks like it wasn't formatted( i cant remember as i formatted the partitions 3 months ago) so is there any way i can use that recovery partition to restore windows 8 have tried the alt+F10 menu. None of the following ways in the menu let me restore or reset the laptop.

Dxwnd. I tried all of the options in the picture none worked so i am left with an laptop with no os how can i restore the pre installed w8 or install w7 (i have a w7 cd) thanks the laptop is an aspire e1-571. We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC. & made the Startup Repair CD. (Windows 8 only) (Windows 8 only) I would recommend you making the OEM manufacturer's Recovery DVD's or USB drive. Or You can order the Microsoft official OEM Recovery disks from the OEM manufacturer's website.

You can Order Acer recovery disks from here: or Check in Accessories or or check the main web site. For Windows 7 post back.

Posted, as my methodology in the upgrade procedure may help others when trawling the web for help! A little while ago I purchased an Acer Aspire V Nitro laptop. One of the first things I usually do, is conduct a clean install to basic Windows. However, with Win10 on the horizon, I waited until it had been released into the wild. My version came with a 60Gb M.2 Sata Boot SSD and a 1Tb Data Drive. With quite a few heavy pieces of software, this 60Gb drive was rather full and it took a bit of juggling to keep it from overflowing. The task ahead then was to upgrade the SSD and perform a clean install of Windows 10.

Tech Tip: Windows 8/8.1 on my Acer Laptop. I like a fresh, clean install on my. I purchased a new Acer Aspire S3 391 and discovered something interesting. Goodnight People, This afternoon I decided to do a clean install of windows 8.1 on my Acer Aspire v5-431P. Goodnight People, This afternoon I decided to do a clean install of windows 8.1 on my Acer Aspire v5-431P.

Easier said than done! The drive was formatted with 4 partitions. 1 & 2 were system partitions, 3 was my main primary partition (the C Drive), and the last one was a 14Gb Rescue Partition. As most modern ‘off the shelf’ systems don’t come with rescue or Operating System Media now, these Rescue partitions are initially your only way of recovering windows if you don’t create backups yourself. The first thing I did was create an image of this physical drive, including all partitions, using. I placed the Image onto my Data drive and created a bootable USB stick so I could reload this image onto my new empty drive after the upgrade.

This sounds complicated but you really just follow the instructions. With that all done, it was time to open the laptop and perform the SSD transplant. There are quite a few walkthroughs and breakdowns on YouTube to assist in this. The problem is that you don’t just remove a backplate to gain access to all the upgradables – you have to remove the keyboard and its a delicate procedure to avoid damaging it.

Anyway, the new larger SSD was installed and keyboard back on. Be careful reattaching the ribbon cables! Booted up using the Macrium USB and I loaded my rescue image onto new drive. Removed the USB and booted up into Windows. My new drive now had loads of unused space but it was not accessible. This was due to it being after the rescue partition.

In order for me to use this space and merge it with my C drive, I needed to move the rescue partition to the end of the drive. I used three different partition tools – all failed. I could move the partition, but windows would not then boot.