Unable to access recover - AO751h

Hi all,
I've seen a few topics on this issue around, but none of them seem to be useful :S Here's the problem: I installed Ubuntu, erasing the Win XP partition. The recovery partition is still there, I can see it if I start my pc with a live cd. After seeing Ubuntu is just too slow for my pc, I want to go back to XP. For that, I need to bring it to its factory settings.
I know that to access the recovery menu I gotta press Alt + F10 on the logo screen, after enabling this D2D partition in the BIOS. I did that and nothing happens when I press Alt + F10. I tried with F11 alone too. Again, nothing happens.

I've been trying a million things to make it work, and I'm quite desperate at this point. I really need help Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

 

No body? C'mon, im sure a lot of people had this problem too

 

When you installed Ubuntu you also installed Grub... which overwrote the MBR. Acer puts 'special' nonstandard code there to enable the Alt-F10 D2D stuff.

Discussion of a 'fix' here - viewtopic.php?f=87&t=21323 The ezine article linked to should help you... third case. My own used 751 had the recovery partition deleted when I bought it, I've spent $20US to get the recovery DVDs from Acer, though I doubt I'll ever use them.