I have an Acer Aspire One D250 netbook, who originaly comes with Windows XP.
I will install Windows 7 on it, but before I like do create the Factory Recover Disk.
The netbook don't have CD drive and, the Acer program used to make the disks, called Acer eRecovery Management, only can create the its using a external CD/DVD Writer. The program message is Unable to detect a writable optical drive.
I dont't have an external CD drive and don't have Acer support in my country to ask for the disks. I think the best solution is make the Acer program write the disk on HD as a CD/DVD image so I can copy it to my desktop and burn it.
Someone has any idea on how I can create these Factory Recover disks?
Best Answer
Foregoing the optical disk route, you might try getting an external hard drive that connects via USB. No need to get fancy - you can use a naked drive with a $20 adapter. Then, get a hard drive cloning program - I personally like Acronis True Image. This will allow you to clone your existing drive to the other drive, or store an image of the existing drive, that you can use the software to restore later.
As an aside: Are you sure the netbook has the required power to run Windows 7?