- #Acer windows 10 boot menu how to#
- #Acer windows 10 boot menu install#
- #Acer windows 10 boot menu update#
- #Acer windows 10 boot menu windows 10#
And it did indeed!!! 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 thought, if I remove the motherboard battery and clear the BIOS storage it might go to default settings and enable again UEFI boot with Safeboot. While downloading an OEM DVD through a torrent client, I read this post.
#Acer windows 10 boot menu install#
I removed the HDD and got a blank one, I put it in the computer and left it ready to install a fresh new version of Windows 8 (not 8.1) on it, but for that I needed the installation media (which I didn't have). So I had to figure out a way of accessing the BIOS menu.
#Acer windows 10 boot menu windows 10#
Then I realised I had disabled UEFI and Safeboot on the BIOS menu, well that's the problem, that installation of Windows 10 will not boot at all in legacy mode. 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). Once I turned it off again and removed the DVD I got the fatal message error, OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND. The computer rebooted and I could use the DVD, no problem. I accessed the BIOS menu as described above (not F2), then disabled safeboot and enabled legacy boot support and changed the order to be able to boot from CD, as I wanted to boot the computer with a live Linux DVD. Today I was fixing a laptop with windows 10. So if the computer doesn't boot into the HDD because of a miss-configuration of the BIOS, no luck for you. The BIOS on that laptop can only be called from Windows 8 or 10 (not 8.1), by restarting in recovery mode (aka safe mode) by holding the shift key when hitting restart on windows. Acer Aspire V5 will not display BIOS menu, no matter how many times you press F2, or whether you remove the HDD or whatever you try. Note that the instructions on setting a trusted UEFI file are also necessary in non-dual boot situations.I encountered this problem today. Your system should now reboot to the Grub boot loader! Hit F6 until it's the top of the list.ġ1) Hit F10 one last time. The BIOS will ask you for a name for it, I called it Grub.ĩ) Hit F10 to save and exit, then immediately hit F2 again to re-enter the BIOS.ġ0) Now go to "Boot", set "Secure Boot" to "Disabled", and arrow down to the bottom of the list to your new "Grub" entry. Select it, and navigate to HDD0->EFI->ubuntu->grub圆4.efi. If it's not available, check that Secure Boot is still Enabled, if not, Enable it. The "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing" should now be available. A bunch of options on the page should change from grey to blue. You will need this password any time you go back into the BIOS. Reboot and hit F2 to enter the BIOS again.ħ) Under "Security", choose "Set Supervisor Password", and set one. Select the flash drive, boot, and install Ubuntu.Ħ) After ubuntu reboots, it will boot back into Windows. Press F10 to Save and Exit, then once Windows loads shut down again.Ĥ) Insert your USB flash drive with your 64-bit Ubuntu installer on it.ĥ) Power on and keep pressing F12 until the boot menu pops up. My new laptop shipped with 1.07, 1.10 is the latest as of this posting.Ģ) Shut down, then while starting back up hit the F2 button many times until the BIOS Setup Utility loads.ģ) In the "Main" menu, set the "F12 Boot Menu" option to "Enabled".
#Acer windows 10 boot menu update#
After much messing around, this is how I got dual boot working on my Acer Aspire R14-471T:ġ) Update to the latest BIOS (I know, it's UEFI, but I'm going to call it a BIOS). This probably also applies to other Acer models using InsydeH2O BIOS.
#Acer windows 10 boot menu how to#
I found the instructions on how to do this in this post on the Ubuntu forums: On newer Acer laptops that come with the InsydeH2O set-up utility, you will be required to set an EFI partition as trusted post-install.