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OK, by running diskpart and cleaning it did work. I am curious why the disk didn't work this way right out of the box? It was a sealed box in a sealed antistat bag.

"Please boot this recovery disc using Legacy BIOS mode." "Restore Fail: This recovery system can only be used on UEFI mode. Please press OK to restart the system immediately." genet, those are the exact messages I get. I put the HD into a desktop and ran diskpart and cleaned it. Disk...

And if i set the BIOS to Legacy mode it tells me this must be booted in UEFI mode, this must be a setting/option/something to get past this, i am sure it is part of the security settings built into win8. What I need to know is how to get past it. I have another set of Acer Recovery cd's (yes...

that is part of the circle I have been running around in, if i do that after a couple minutes i get language selection and then option to restore. once the restore option is clicked I get the message that this function must be preformed in Legacy Mode, please enter BIOS and change the setting. I...

I was handed a Gateway NV52L with a hard drive that is now a paperweight included was the purchased factory recovery cd's. I have spent a couple hours chasing my tail with the mindless tech support people in India (thanks Acer) that tell me the same things 4 different ways. I got their...