Thisis an issue with Acer itself. In order to create the Boot Choice menu, please follow these steps: Completely shut down your computer. Power on the system. As soon as the first logo screen appears, immediately press F2
Sinceyour Acer laptop is stuck on Acer screen and you fail to boot your device in normal mode, entering Safe Mode is a workable fix for you. Step 1. Repeat the first 2 steps in Solution 4 to enter Windows Recovery Environment. Step 2. Tap on Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings.
Re ACER ASPIRE HIDDEN PARTION RESTORATION hello--newbie on the forum here---great info on this thread--here's my question got an acer aspire 3050---vista basic--got the f10 factory restore,using the e-recovery software---when i click on my computer,it is showing the partition,with the empower tech. on it(or restore stuff)-when i2WvilI.