Chapter 1 11Acer Empowering TechnologyAcer’s innovative Empowering Technology makes it easy for you to access frequently usedfunctions and manage your new Acer notebook. It features the following handy utilities:• Acer eRecovery Management backs up and recovers data flexibly, reliably and completely.• Acer eDataSecurity Management protects data with passwords and advanced encryptionalgorithms.• Acer ePerformance Management improves system performance by optimizing disk space, memoryand registry settings.For more information, press the key to launch the Empowering Technology menu, then clickon the appropriate utility and select the Help or Tutorial function.Empowering Technology passwordBefore using Acer eRecovery Management, you must initialize the Empowering Technologypassword. Right click on the Empowering Technology toolbar and select Password Setup to doso. If you do not initialize the Empowering Technology password, you will be prompted to do sowhen running Acer eRecovery Management for the first time.