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[mellowxpression]

I have an Acer V5-571pg-9814 with Windows 8 pre-installed.

I have been trying to boot a Linux live usb and can't even get a USB or CD/DVD to boot at all.

I want to check some of the Linux OSs to see how they may set up on this computer before I consider which to dual boot with Win8. Please note that I have read other posts here about actually installing another OS as a dual boot, which I may need later, but right now I would just like to use the live USB or CD/DVD and view these OSs - and I didn't find a post that directly addressed this issue.

I have tried to enable and use F12 (it's default is set to disabled in the bios). I've tried to use Win8: charms > pc settings > advanced > reboot - to troubleshooting > advanced options - and then into use USB or use CD/DVD, orinto  UEFI or startup settings for the boot order and bios.

The computer does recognize the USB and CD/DVD, but only boots straight to Win8 - no matter what option I choose or even if I set the boot order to USB and CD/DVD prior to Win8.

So how do I boot from a USB or CD/DVD?

[mellowxpression · Accepted solution]

Found http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26603/related/1

Seems like a long way around to just view bootable media...

And one can only hope that you don't end up like this:

http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/V5-571G-with-BIOS-v2-11-F2-to-access-bios-setup-not-...

Guess this one is solved...?