If your Acer laptop runs on Windows 10, you can restore it to factory settings via the operating system itself. Click the Start button and navigate to Settings. Click Update & Security, then Recovery. Under the Get started tab, click Reset this PC. Choose between Remove everything for a full factory reset. Press the Power button. Press the Alt key and F10 key at the same time when the Acer logo pops up on your screen. This will boot your laptop to a page of Choose an option. Click Troubleshoot. Click Reset this PC. Click Remove everything. Your laptop may restart and get your PC ready. Next, see how to back up your crucial data in the situation of Acer laptop screen black but still running. Step 1: On the page of MiniTool Recovery Environment, launch MiniTool ShadowMaker. Step 2: Go to the Backup page, click Source > Folders and Files, check the items you want to back up, and click OK. Step 3: Click Destination and choose a Shut the machine completely off. Then turn it back on and immediately start tapping the F2 key. Jack E/NJ. Thanks much JackE. I tried DEL, ESC keys as well as F2 key, but failed to get into the BIOS menu. Finally I figured out. Press ESC and F2 keys at the same time. Cheers all. JackE ACE Posts: 43,651 Trailblazer. This can fix software issues such as viruses, popups, and operating system corruption. If you do not have a USB recovery drive, you can use the built-in recovery software to restore your system. The video below will walk you through installing recovery media on your Acer computer. Run the tool and select "Create installation media for another PC." Choose your language, edition, and architecture (32 or 64-bit) and select "Next." Choose "USB flash drive" as the media to use for the installation and select "Next." Connect a USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of free space to your computer. Find service & support for your Acer products, search for BIOS updates, manuals, drivers and patches. Windows. Acer AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Laptops. By Category. Predator Gaming Green PC Products Business Education Creators. By Series. Aspire All in Ones Aspire Classic Desktops Nitro Veriton Business Desktops Veriton All in Ones Add-In Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds, or until your system shuts completely down. Power on the system. As soon as the first logo screen appears, immediately press F2 for notebooks or Delete for desktops to enter the BIOS. Press F9 and then Enter to load the default configuration. Press F10 and then Enter to save and exit. BDJyUv.