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    How does eRecovery work with DVDs?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by SephirothXR, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. SephirothXR

    SephirothXR Notebook Consultant

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    I want to download a new nVIDIA driver using Foreware and modded INFs, but I was told to make a backup DVD before doing this, so just incase the new driver messes up my system, I can always use the DVD to restore it(it stores the ENTIRE laptop on it?). So how does it work? I put the empty DVD-R in there, and then I go to eRecovery management, and do I do a Full System backup? I'm not sure if that'll fit on a DVD, so what exactly do I do from here?
     
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    SephirothXR Notebook Consultant

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    I found it, do I create a backup for driver and applications or system configuration? I mean should I do it for both(to be careful), or driver is all I need to do if I'm just going to be downloading new nVIDIA drivers. Just saying, system configuration might be useful to do, right?
     
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    Arla Notebook Deity

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    You really should do both, before you even do anything, it should be the first thing you do with a new computer... just so that you have it so that you can restore in case something goes wrong.
     
    Arla, Aug 9, 2007
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