Boot from USB not working – Acer Aspire E1-522

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I've been trying to boot a Windows 7 (yup) USB in this laptop, but neither using UEFI nor Legacy boot would work. In UEFI, always boot the HD even if it's last in priority list. In Legacy boot, nothing works.
My USB is partitioned as a boot CD (yes, that's a real booting device, if you doubt it), but that laptop doesn't say so.

What should I do next? Is there any way for booting from USB or should the HDD be changed?

Best Answer

I do not know if you have finally installed Windows 7, but I had the same issue and I resolved it this way:

  1. Open the notebook and press quickly F2 to enter the BIOS.
  2. Under the MAIN menu, enable the F12 Boot Menu option.
  3. Under the BOOT menu, select Legacy boot and press F10 Save & Exit.
  4. While the notebook is rebooting, press F2 again to enter the BIOS.
  5. Under the BOOT menu, select as your first boot option the USB HDD stick (your USB stick).
  6. Press F10 Save & Exit.

or

After you rebooted at step 3, you can press F12 and select from there your boot option (USB).

It worked for me, I found out that the problem was the USB 3 port. Maybe if I put it in the USB 2 ports I wouldn't need all these steps.

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