Assuming your windows is still working, browse to the Acer drivers for your model and download and update your bios to the latest version. I selected windows 10, then it will download, just let it finish, then i put it in my acer v5 571 then press the power on, and Voila! It will now restart and run Windows as before. I have this problem also. I had to immediately start holding Fn + R after powering on, keep holding the keys and watch the flash drive, it should start rapidly flashing. This got me in fine, I wanted to boot off a usb to run some diagnostics so whilst I was in there I turned on the menu instead of the acer screen, this gives me f2 for bios and f11 for boot menu. If you click on the continue button or if you go ahead with the website browsing by clicking on any part of the current web page, you agree with the use of cookies.
With the expanded boot out of the system panel it works fine with my E5. I encountered this problem today. When I press F12 to view the boot device menu I don't even see it listed, just the Windows boot manager. Place your usb drive in a usb port, as soon as you power on the device you need to hold a specific combination of keys, i would suggest a usb stick with a small led light that shows you when it is accessed so you'll know when it is working. Ok now to the solution: 1. Getting to the bios battery is a pain on this poorly built laptop: remove battery, remove a myriad of screws, unplug cables, remove motherboard and get to the battery.
I deleted several of these partitions by mistake and couldn't restart the computer afterwards, so don't make that mistake. Make sure it turns on before you start holding down Fn. Now all should be working and windows Legacy mode supported. . Sure, there could be a bug in the software, a virus, or whatever that will cause something catastrophic to happen, but at that level of paranoia you'll just be staring at your computer without touching it for fear that clicking the mouse button on the desktop will cause your system to self-destruct. I did try all of it before getting here.
I do it everyday even a year after the free upgrade is gone. Acer should be ashamed of themselves for selling such garbage. Open device, being careful not to break any clips or small ribbon cables. No matter what f1-f12 you press you cant do anything. Wait for the lights to go off. Sorry for the long winded wall of text, I wanted to be clear as possible, feel free to ask if there is anything I can help with.
It Installed perfectly but every time it started up it will be in legacy bios. This is why I don't use Acer, to hard and time consuming to support, Dell machines although aren't perfect the silly thin things are hard they are generally easier to service. Alright so i received this Acer Aspire V5 windows 8. Most of the times it's just a timing issue when to press these buttons. Hope there's one way described that can help you. After update to Windows 10, login screen appears within about 4-8 seconds of power-on. Since I found this thread while digging for answers I thought I'd post my solution here in case it helps the next person.
Disable secure boot It won't boot with secure boot enabled. Now powering on will give you an error report with an option to either enter bios or boot up. This is a dismal design for a laptop. I almost smash this laptop, haha. Please if you would like to find more information about these cookies or change your cookie settings. To learn more, see our. When I upgraded to Windows 10 recently, I see that F2 is not working.
If windows is already installed on your hard drive if not please read note end of this post. I see as many infections on newer machines as on older ones. I was planning to reinstall Windows 8. Typically, the boot screen displays which key you need to press. I tried power-off and power-on N times with F2 pressed, without success. Usually while boot logo is displayed. I played around and tried the usual tricks windows installation media, fixboot, and all the usual command prompt things that you try in these cases.
You will need a windows 8 8. The root of the problem is that you had your bios reseted to default somehow. I just wanted to say that the solutions given do not work for my doorstop. Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design. Knowing how to boot from your laptop's disc drive is essential. So you need to edit the Boot Order.