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| Thread ID: 145904 | 2018-02-27 05:12:00 | Acer Aspire problem | Driftwood (5551) | Press F1 |
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| 1446816 | 2018-02-27 19:57:00 | Use the online tool to get a new image www.microsoft.com Even if it's not your issue it's worth using the latest version to avoid all the updates you'll otherwise need. You can either make the media direct from the tool or download the iso and use it to burn a disk or create a flash drive (with a tool like Rufus) Gparted has always worked for me, but I also prefer Aomei. Neither should be needed though, if you can boot from a windows install disk you can do a custom install and delete all the partitions from there. Sorting out the boot issue seems like your main problem. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1446817 | 2018-02-27 20:06:00 | Thanks Dugi I'll try that but just about through my data cap, so don't want to download anything until tomorrow. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1446818 | 2018-02-27 20:15:00 | The Windows 10 DVD will boot with UEFI Settings if the Drive is completely blank. If it doesn't there can really only be two problems I can think of off the top of my head -1. Optical drive is faulty 2. A bad burn on the DVD. Just installing one right now as I write this, Its a Dell XPS Laptop, removed the original Failing Faulty HDD, put in a New One, BIOS is set to default which is UEFI. At first it was to quick and came up with No Operating system installed ( no kidding) ;) That was because when hitting the power had to open the DVD drive and drop in the DVD and close the draw again. Tried again, heard the DVD firing up, and away it went :) "IF" any of the old boot partition is still on the HDD, it may very well over boot a DVD - Hence completely wiping ALL partitions. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1446819 | 2018-02-27 20:59:00 | If there's no option to turn off secure boot in the bios, MS is being the (sounds like) banker in a game of monopoly. Custom bios maybe the only way or you need a signed uefi OS (ubuntu), maybe? You sometimes can still install with secure boot enabled but it's more a burden rather than a security feature. It also seemed the issue was only an MS related security flaw, so they took every opportunity to use it for their "security" interest. I've only quickly glimpsed at this thread but are we dealing with 32bit or 64bit? (Should be 64bit). What Linux are you using since many 32bit linux don't provide a 32bit EFI and will only work in legacy booting. Debian seems to have the best multiple boot options/processor support, so it does provide a 32bit EFI but you really don't want 32bit EFI, if your processor is 64bit and the bios/efi is 64bit as well. Once you have the right OS with proper support, you should have better luck. DVD or USB for Linux should make no difference, it normally has efi and mbr (legacy), but secure boot can affect EFI booting if its not signed, you may need to choose what to boot in some option menu presented during the bios loading or even inside the bios. Booting never needed to be this complicated... |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1446820 | 2018-02-28 23:47:00 | Just getting back onto this. Have downloaded the Windows 10 x64 ISO & have got this system up & running again. Haven't as yet got the web cam to go. No specific camera driver on the acer site www.acer.com Currently has a MS driver & shows on device manager as working properly. But doesn't show up in skype for testing. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1446821 | 2018-03-01 00:48:00 | Case closed, all fixed. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
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