Cannot factory reset my Aspire One 1-131

Headley
Headley Member Posts: 1 New User
edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives

I have an Acer laptop with only 32GB eMMC onboard flash storage, i.e. no hard drive as such. I wish to do a factory reset to wipe all my personal info but it keep failing during the reset process. I assumed this is because it only has the 32GB motherboard memory and there is not enough space to reset, but then it also won't recognise USB install if I go in and change the BIOS from UEFI to legacy.

Any thoughts out there?

Thanks, Headley.

Answers

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,234 Trailblazer

    If you have an SD card with decent space free, try putting it in place. A lot of these types of tasks will use SD card space when they won't use thumb drives.

     

    USB boots still require UEFI, but with secure boot disabled, IIRC.

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  • Hrosarm
    Hrosarm Member Posts: 1 New User
    Did it work
  • CWRob
    CWRob Member Posts: 1 New User
    I have the same model, it did NOT work.  Still the same error message.  I tried it with both an SD Card in and a USB drive in.

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