Acer Aspire 5315 Boot order doesn't show CD-ROM

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Published on 2010-06-08T14:20:58Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 14:23 UTC
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Hi,

I have an ACER ASPIRE 5315 laptop. I want use the recovery disk but, the boot manager does not show the CD-ROM bootable option.

In the BIOS settings the I set the boot priority to USB CD-ROM first and then the harddrive.

But its not working. When I press F12 the boot manager doesnot show the USB CD-ROM device.

Please assist.

Thanks in advance, Shaik

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