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I have an Acer Aspire Switch 10 and I want to boot with a USB stick or a DVD-reader.
I only can boot with a Windows 8 instal disk in it, having an EFI file on the DVD. With a recover USB stick (made under Windows 8) it works also ok. If I try with another EFI file it won't work. I think it must be an specific Acer or Microsoft EFI file. And I don't know how to make or edit it.
It won't work means for me when you boot from a USB stick or DVD it is not visible in the boot menu. I have a stick with YUMI on it and it works on all my other PC's. I want to do a virus scan undependable of its own windows and I want to make an image of the system as it is now.
I tried several ways of installing the EFI BIOS but I can't get it working. Izotope music production suite review.
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The secret to getting Windows 10 on this device is to boot with an OTG USB adapter. USB from the keyboard doesn't work. I pulled my hair out for quite a while before I tried an OTG micro USB adapter directly in the tablet and not standard USB in the keyboard port. Still need to use RUFUS to create a GPT patirion scheme for UEFI computer, formatted for FAT32 along with a 32-bit version of Windows 10.
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John StilesJohn Stiles
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I managed to boot the Windows 10 USB image by pressing F2 repeatedly while the BIOS screen appears and set the boot device to the USB device.
EmmanuelEmmanuel
- Go to BIOS settings with F2
- Add the
.efi
file to the trusted UEFI files by selecting it and naming the option to whatever you want. - Enable F12 boot menu.
- Exit saving changes.
- Tap F12 until you get boot menu.
- You will see your boot option there.
Please look for the spots I mentioned. I only jumped true and gave pointers, and yes it works for the Aspire Switch 10 E too.
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Damian WetermanDamian Weterman
UEFI is a more secure replacement for BIOS; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface. It is so secure that it prevents booting from media with an incorrect 'signature', but can be adjusted to turn off security features so that you can boot from legacy media.
If you wish to use the legacy boot media you have, see Acer's directions for that at http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27045/~/changing-bios-mode-from-uefi-to-legacy. There's more information at http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1875018/change-uefi-legacy-bios.html and http://www.howtogeek.com/175234/how-to-use-an-antivirus-boot-disc-or-usb-drive-to-ensure-your-computer-is-clean/.
However, you can generate UEFI-compatible media with some utilities, such as Macrium Reflect Free, http://support.macrium.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5133, and Kaspersky Lab advertises the 'World’s First Anti-Malware Product for UEFI',http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/product/2013/kaspersky-lab-presents-worlds-first-anti-valware-product-for-uefi.
Please let me know if this resolves the issue.
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There are lots of reasons you might want to boot from a USB device, like an external hard drive or a flash drive, but it's usually so you can run special kinds of software.
When you boot from a USB device, what you're actually doing is running your computer with the operating system that's installed on the USB device. When you start your computer normally, you're running it with the operating system installed on your internal hard drive — Windows, Linux, etc.
Time Required: Booting from a USB device usually takes 10–20 minutes but it depends a lot on if you have to make changes to how your computer starts up.
How to Boot From a USB Device
Follow these easy steps to boot from a flash drive, an external hard drive, or some other bootable USB device:
- Change the BIOS boot order so the USB device option is listed first. The BIOS is rarely set up this way by default.If the USB boot option is not first in the boot order, your PC will start 'normally' (i.e., boot from your hard drive) without even looking at any boot information that might be on your USB device.The BIOS on most computers list the USB boot option as USB or Removable Devices but some confusingly list it as a Hard Drive option, so be sure to dig around if you're having trouble finding the right one to choose.After setting your USB device as the first boot device, your computer will check it for boot information each time your computer starts. Leaving your computer configured this way shouldn't cause problems unless you plan on leaving the bootable USB device attached all the time.
- Attach the USB device to your computer via any available USB port.Creating a bootable flash drive or configuring an external hard drive as bootable, is a task in itself. Chances are you made it to these instructions here because you know whatever USB device you have should be bootable after properly configuring BIOS.See our How to Burn an ISO File to a USB Drive tutorial for general instructions on doing exactly that, which tends to be the reason most people need to figure out how to boot from one.
- Restart your computer.Since you're not actually inside of the operating system at this point, restarting isn't the same as using normal restart buttons. Instead, BIOS should explain which key to press — such as F10 — to save the boot order changes and restart the computer.
- Watch for a Press any key to boot from external device.. message.On some bootable devices, you may be prompted with a message to press a key before the computer will boot from the flash drive or another USB device.If this happens, and you do nothing, your computer will check for boot information on the next boot device in the list in BIOS (see Step 1), which will probably be your hard drive.Most of the time when trying to boot from a USB device, there is no key-press prompt. The USB boot process usually starts immediately.
- Your computer should now boot from the flash drive or USB based external hard drive.Apr 06, 2018 Download Captain Tsubasa Dream Team 1.9.1 FULL APK + Hack MOD + Data APK Free For Android Mobiles, Smart Phones. Tablets And More Devices. Download data obb captain tsubasa dream team 1.9.1.
What happens now depends on what the bootable USB device was intended for. If you're booting from Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7 installation files on a flash drive, the operating system setup will begin. If you're booting from a DBAN flash drive you created, it will start. You get the idea.
What to Do When the USB Device Won't Boot
If you tried the above steps but your computer didn't boot from the USB device, check out some of the tips below. There are several places that this process can get hung up at.
- Recheck the boot order in BIOS (Step 1). The number one reason a bootable flash drive or another USB device won't boot is because BIOS isn't configured to check the USB port first.
- Didn't find a 'USB Device' boot order listing in BIOS? If your computer was manufactured around 2001 or before, it may not have this ability.If your computer is newer, check for some other ways that the USB option might be worded. In some BIOS versions, it's called 'Removable Devices' or 'External Devices'.
- Remove other USB devices. Other connected USB devices, like printers, external media card readers, etc., could be consuming too much power or causing some other problem, which is preventing the computer from booting from a flash drive or another device. Unplug all other USB devices and try again.Or, if you have multiple bootable devices plugged in at once, the computer might simply be booting to the wrong device, in which case the easiest fix would be to remove all USB storage devices but the one you want to use right now.
- Copy the files to the USB device again. If you created the bootable flash drive or external hard drive yourself, which you probably did, repeat whatever steps you took again. You may have made a mistake during the process.See How to Burn an ISO File to USB if you started with an ISO image. Getting an ISO file onto a USB drive, like a flash drive, isn't as easy as just expanding or copying the file there.
- Switch to another USB port. The BIOS on some motherboards only check the first few USB ports. Switch to another USB port and restart your computer.