I just unpacked my new Acer, which is suppost to

gordo · 05-31-2003, 05:32 AM

I just unpacked my new Acer, which is suppost to have a 40Gig hard drive. When I first looked it was only 30 Gig. After a second look I noticed the D: drive called Acerdata. This drive contains the missing 10 Gig. Acer is only using a couple of Gig, with over 8 Gig free. I have not yet read my manuals, but I assume this has something to do with system recovery. I am unsure as the package also include multiple "System Restore" disks.

What will happen if I reclaim the D: drive?

coyote · 06-01-2003, 12:53 PM

You could probably put your own files on D: along with the Acer restore stuff. I don't have my C110 yet (tomorrow!) but from what I've read this is just Acer "system restore" disk.

If you want to reclaim D:, you'll likely want/need to disable whatever restore software Acer is running. Otherwise what you lose is the ability to easily(?) recover in the event of some catastrophic failure. If you have the TCi (i.e. w/cd-dvd) or some other way to access a CD, you're probably safe for restoring the OS, but system restore may also save snapshots of runtime data you'ld rather not lose as well.

coyote · 06-01-2003, 12:53 PM

You could probably put your own files on D: along with the Acer restore stuff. I don't have my C110 yet (tomorrow!) but from what I've read this is just Acer "system restore" disk.

If you want to reclaim D:, you'll likely want/need to disable whatever restore software Acer is running. Otherwise what you lose is the ability to easily(?) recover in the event of some catastrophic failure. If you have the TCi (i.e. w/cd-dvd) or some other way to access a CD, you're probably safe for restoring the OS, but system restore may also save snapshots of runtime data you'ld rather not lose as well.

gordo · 06-09-2003, 03:24 PM

I received an email from Acer Support. I would post the response but they have a disclaimer at the bottom that indicates disclosure or distribution is prohibited.

Essentially they indicated that the data found on the D: was for recovery, although this recovery process from the hard disk is not supported on these models. They then described a process to remove the files and recover the space by going into the BIOS, booting from CD ROM, and then doing a System Recovery. In the recovery process they have you picking "Factory default" or "Customize" and then they instruct you to follow the screen prompts.

After using the device for just over a week, I now discover that Acre has placed 1.5 Gig of data on my hard drive for no good reason, and I must perform a "restore" to get it back. Not Impressed!

gordo · 06-09-2003, 03:24 PM

I received an email from Acer Support. I would post the response but they have a disclaimer at the bottom that indicates disclosure or distribution is prohibited.

Essentially they indicated that the data found on the D: was for recovery, although this recovery process from the hard disk is not supported on these models. They then described a process to remove the files and recover the space by going into the BIOS, booting from CD ROM, and then doing a System Recovery. In the recovery process they have you picking "Factory default" or "Customize" and then they instruct you to follow the screen prompts.

After using the device for just over a week, I now discover that Acre has placed 1.5 Gig of data on my hard drive for no good reason, and I must perform a "restore" to get it back. Not Impressed!

digitaldoc · 06-09-2003, 04:10 PM

The files on D are a "Ghost Load," from Acer. They can all be removed as they are on the CD roms.

digitaldoc · 06-09-2003, 04:10 PM

The files on D are a "Ghost Load," from Acer. They can all be removed as they are on the CD roms.

FitnessFranchisor · 06-25-2003, 03:55 AM

Digital Doc, to clarify:

You are saying just delete the files in "D" and use it to store files as if it is an extra drive?

I do NOT want to do a restore to get this space- just spent a day setting this thing up!

THanks

FitnessFranchisor · 06-25-2003, 03:55 AM

Digital Doc, to clarify:

You are saying just delete the files in "D" and use it to store files as if it is an extra drive?

I do NOT want to do a restore to get this space- just spent a day setting this thing up!

THanks

digitaldoc · 06-25-2003, 09:12 AM

quote:Originally posted by FitnessFranchisor

Digital Doc, to clarify:

You are saying just delete the files in "D" and use it to store files as if it is an extra drive?

I do NOT want to do a restore to get this space- just spent a day setting this thing up!

THanks

Acer uses the files to load the OS originally. You can use them to "restore" on just get rid of them. I have decided to leave the partition and use it for non critical applications and data. For example, I make subdirectory called d:\downloads\ which houses all my internet downloads of applications, some CDs, etc. For me, this inevitably is large.