16-04-2023, 05:38 PM
(15-04-2023, 09:41 PM)king1 Wrote: it is usually the uefi secure boot that prevent booting from USB devices, the macrium boot USB would need to support it, or in the bios you can turn off secure boot and enable legacy boot support. That will usually allow you to boot from USB sticks
an example
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion...s-settings
I think the F9 key at the Acer splash screen normally brings up the Acer boot device menu.
To get into the bios I believe it is f10 but you can also access it via the windows recovery environment
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-nz...windows-10
There is no mention of secure boot in the Bios.
This early Acer is Legacy only. When Windows fast start is enabled it will only load windows, nothing else! If the Windows won't boot you have no way of reinstalling from a backup. If fast start is disabled, you have access to everything, normal. Given this situation I would remove the hard drive and restore it with another computer. Maybe a BIOS update is required? I haven't bothered as it boots in 35 seconds without fast start.