How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640

hardy333 · 02-25-2009, 09:19 AM

Hello,
Hope someone can help or at least guide me in the right direction. I have an Acer aspire 1640 and over the last year the speed of the computer has decreased greatly. I took it into a repair shop today and they said the best thing to do was a system restore and they would charge me £100 to do this.

What i wanted to know if this was something that is easy to do? so that i can do it myself and if so - where do i start. I no longer have the system restore discs.

Thanks for reading this

Chris

**belfasteddie** · 02-25-2009, 09:36 AM

If you don't have the System discs it will be hard . Did your comp come with discs or did you create/make them from the system partition? If you made them , reboot the machine and watch the screen, it will say press del (or some other key) to go into the setup. It will also say press F?(another number) for installation or factory settings etc. Press that key and follow the screen prompts. Be aware , this puts the comp back to Factory settings. You will likely lose your files etc. So backup 1st.
An alternative. Download Ccleaner(Google it) and run it.
Then do a disk clean . Then do a Defrag.
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools.
Then, Start>control panel>system>advanced>Performance-settings>adjust for best performance. Save or Ok . reboot.
After all that click on Ccleaner again and select the Registry button,scan for issues then fix issues.

**TriggerFinger** · 02-25-2009, 10:08 AM

Hi Chris,

Just to add to the advise earlier... try this:
Is your PC running slow...?

rbalaji · 02-25-2009, 01:43 PM

Have you looked at and tried the instructions here?

hardy333 · 02-25-2009, 03:29 PM

Hi Eddie
That cleaner seemed to help - this may sound like a stupid question but how do i Defrag?
Cheers
chris

rbalaji · 02-25-2009, 03:52 PM

Right-click on the disk in explorer and choose properties. Choose tools tab and hit defragment now.

hardy333 · 02-26-2009, 03:19 AM

sorry - can't find a disc in explorer - I use windows XP,

**TriggerFinger** · 02-26-2009, 08:03 AM

Try My Computer... right-click on the drive that you want to defragment... choose Properties, select TOOLS tab and then click on DEFRAGMENT NOW button.

hardy333 · 02-26-2009, 10:36 AM

thankyou!

rbalaji · 02-26-2009, 12:06 PM

The window that opens when you double-click on my computer is called an explorer window.

02-25-2009, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
hardy333 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Hello, Hope someone can help or at least guide me in the right direction. I have an Acer aspire 1640 and over the last year the speed of the computer has decreased greatly. I took it into a repair shop today and they said the best thing to do was a system restore and they would charge me £100 to do this. What i wanted to know if this was something that is easy to do? so that i can do it myself and if so - where do i start. I no longer have the system restore discs. Thanks for reading this Chris

02-25-2009, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 1,551 OS: Puppy Linux 4.12	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 If you don't have the System discs it will be hard . Did your comp come with discs or did you create/make them from the system partition? If you made them , reboot the machine and watch the screen, it will say press del (or some other key) to go into the setup. It will also say press F?(another number) for installation or factory settings etc. Press that key and follow the screen prompts. Be aware , this puts the comp back to Factory settings. You will likely lose your files etc. So backup 1st. An alternative. Download Ccleaner(Google it) and run it. Then do a disk clean . Then do a Defrag. Start>all programs>accessories>system tools. Then, Start>control panel>system>advanced>Performance-settings>adjust for best performance. Save or Ok . reboot. After all that click on Ccleaner again and select the Registry button,scan for issues then fix issues. Last edited by belfasteddie; 02-25-2009 at 09:38 AM.

02-25-2009, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,847 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Hi Chris, Just to add to the advise earlier... try this: Is your PC running slow...? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

02-25-2009, 01:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Have you looked at and tried the instructions here? __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!

02-25-2009, 03:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
hardy333 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Hi Eddie That cleaner seemed to help - this may sound like a stupid question but how do i Defrag? Cheers chris

02-25-2009, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Right-click on the disk in explorer and choose properties. Choose tools tab and hit defragment now. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!

02-26-2009, 03:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
hardy333 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 sorry - can't find a disc in explorer - I use windows XP,

02-26-2009, 08:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,847 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 Try My Computer... right-click on the drive that you want to defragment... choose Properties, select TOOLS tab and then click on DEFRAGMENT NOW button. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

02-26-2009, 10:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
hardy333 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 thankyou!

02-26-2009, 12:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: How to do a system restore on an acer aspire 1640 The window that opens when you double-click on my computer is called an explorer window. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!