Resolved Cannot recover Windows 8 on ACER laptop

I have an ACER laptop that came preloaded with Windows 8. There is only a Windows sticker on the bottom and no COA. My understanding is that the COA Key is embedded in the BIOS now.

Suddenly on start up I am getting a light blues screen (not a BSOD)

In the BIOS settings I changed the Boot Mode to Legacy BIOS (from UEFI), set the CDROM to first boot device and inserted the system disk that I obtained from ACER but it now on startup it says

ALT - F10 (or any other combination will not access the recovery partition.

Anyone have any ideas how I might get around this problem to reinstall Win8?

Thanks

 

Since it's still under warranty, return it for a refund or an exchange.

 

Thanks, I was hoping I could avoid losing it for a couple of weeks if it was software issue

 

It's your choice. <-shrug->

If you're bound and determined to throw your money at defective products however, "man oh man do I have some fantastic deals for you!"

 

That very well may be the case but a call to Acer indicated that it was a simple case of restoring the OS. A subsequent call to them has resulted in a RMA number.

I just thought I would ask a "trusted" source before resorting to the last choice

 

Good to hear Acer's taking care of it for you.

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