BIOS won't recognize bootable USB - Aspire E5-571-7776

jeff_vineyard

I have a proven bootable USB and no matter which port I plug it into the BIOS won't recognize it.  So far I have disabled secure boot, enabled f12 menu. Set boot priority to all USB drives first. I tried legacy. I reflashed the live USB to work with UEFI. No luck. So I flashed the current update to the BIOS and no luck. I'm pulling my hair out here. I even did a work around trick I have done in the past. I mounted the drive and ran the installer within Windows. It asked if I wanted to dual boot so I clicked yes and it rebooted into the installer but then gave an error message of no boot device detected. So no luck again. I have installed a dual boot system more times than I can count and I'm running out of ideas. Im thinking its factory set not to boot from usb or something. Any ideas. Oh and I'm installing Debian, not that it matters.

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jeff_vineyard

I almost forgot. It's an Aspire E5-571-7776

JordanB

I don't know anything about Debian.  I can't help you with Debian.  If you want to learn how to install MInt or Ubuntu, you can read my posts in links below.


https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/538305/cant-access-uefi-after-installing-linux-dual-boot

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/537403/bios-upgrade-cripples-aspire-v3-112p

https://community.acer.com/en/categories/linux

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

jeff_vineyard

The point was. It doesn't matter what the OS is the BIOS won't recognize the USB. Thanks for the reply though

JordanB

Oh ok...sorry about that.

My only suggestions would be the following in no particular order.  Good luck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARoOCatviE

https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34843/~/acer-internal-battery-reset

Reset CMOS (remove the CMOS battery for about an hour)

Remove that HDD/SSD.

Load the BIOS defaults (F9) and then save/exit (F10).

jeff_vineyard

Didnt work. Im about fed up with this laptop. I should just buy something else i suppose. I like it and all i just hate windows dor most things and not being able to load a new OS os so frustrating

ZUESLIGHTENING

IM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE BUT MINES TRXTRAIL.TXT PLUS BSOD LOOD 6DAYS AFETR I BOUGHT IT!!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK, I CAN EVEN REINSTALL WINDOWS CAUSE NOTHING BOOTS, NOT EVEN USB?? WHERE CAN I GET A WIN10 IMAGE FROM AS A FIL TO USE INSTEAD OF USB??? I NEED SOMETHING THATS GONNA REINSTALL IVE WASTED 3 WEEKS ON THIS THING!!!!1

GAMING6698

@jeff_vineyard set your bios mode in UEFI , DIsable secure boot and make usb bootable partition in gpt through rufus

jaytea

On my Aspire V3-112P I had to set up a Supervisor Password ((which unlocks some BIOS options) DO NOT FORGET IT), I then set the Boot Mode to LEGACY and enabled F12 Boot Menu.

With my bootable USB (Had a Windows ISO on it) in I rebooted and held down F12 and selected the USB and installed windows.

StevenGen

jeff_vineyard said:

The point was. It doesn't matter what the OS is the BIOS won't recognize the USB. Thanks for the reply though

Your USB is not correctly formatted to boot from your BIOS, format and install the proper boot files so that the USB boots. You can't just put a USB into a laptop and expect it to boot with an OS .ISO file if it doesn’t have the appropriate boot files. Use either Rufus to do this and to boot your Debian – Ubuntu OS or look at this guide “How to create a Debian Bootable USB in Windows 10”