on trying a system restore on a acer aspire t120e
i have the following message on a blue screen

windows x p setup
the script file specified with the /u command line switch could not be accessed.
unattended operation cannot continue.
setup cannot continue .press enter to exit

on exiting i get the following message
c:\1386>-
- is a flashing icon
can any one help
thank you

Just to verify: you are trying to run the Acer Restore or Recovery option?

Is this being run from the hard drive or a CD?

Acer does not list any manuals for that model:

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...ire_t120e.html

You might try an e-mail to Acer:

http://support.acer-euro.com/request/index.html

trying a restore disk on a cd

Was it the Acer CD that came with the computer?

yes