Problem booting into newly installed Windows 10

Parradox

Hello,
I have been working on a friends computer where we wanted to install Windows 10 64 bit. We tried this on an older model, TravelMate 5760 with Bios version 1.14 and InsydeH20 utility rev 3.5. The problem with this system is, that its bios doesnt have any Secure Boot option or Boot mode, so it took us a while to find out that we needed to format the usb drive with installation files to FAT32. Afterwards, the computer successfully detected the USB drive and booted into installation. We erased everything on the disk and created a new GPT partition, which is apparently the problem. After the installation was done, the computer wasnt able to boot into windows. After doing some research I found out that the Secure boot should be turned off and boot mode should be in Legacy, however theres no such option in BIOS as stated above. We have tried setting supervisor password and some "tricks" to enter advanced mode in bios, disabling quiet boot, however nothing worked. Is there anything we could do? Thank you a lot in advance.

JordanB

@Parradox

Hi,
Yes, right, I read your post.  Your computer is probably from a time period where it probably has a hybrid BIOS----not a modern UEFI.  I'll give you easier instructions.

How to install Windows as legacy MBR (carefully follow all  instructions)

1. Create USB media with Microsoft's tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

2. Go in to your BIOS settings and load the defaults and then save/exit
3. Go back in to your BIOS settings and enable the F12 boot menu
4. Boot the the Windows 10 media by tapping the F12 key at boot
5. When you see the screen below, press Shift+F10 on your computer to get a Command Prompt



6. At the command prompt, type

diskpart
list disk
select disk x  (x=your HDD that your want to wipe)
clean
convert MBR
exit 
exit

7. Press and hold your computer's power button until your computer shuts off
8. Turn on your computer and install Windows 10.  Select Custom Install.  Click on "Unallocated Space" and then click  Next and the windows installer will automatically partition and format and install windows as legacy MBR.

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How to install Windows as EFI/GPT ( carefully follow all instructions)

1.  Create Windows USB media using Microsoft's tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
2. Go in to bios and load defaults and then save/exit
3. Go back in to bios and enable the F12 boot menu and then save/exit
4.  Boot the Windows USB by tapping F12
5. When you see screen below, press Shift+F10 on your keyboard




6. At the command prompt, type

diskpart
list disk
select disk x    (x=your HDD that you want to wipe)
clean
convert GPT
exit
exit

7. Press and hold your computer's power button until your computer shuts off
8.  Turn on computer and install windows.  Select Custom Install. Click on the "unallocated space" and click Next and the windows installer will automatcially partition and automatically install format and automatcially install windows as EFI/GPT.

If it still doesn't work, then my only other suggestion would be to get your original recovery media from Acer, and restore your computer to factory condition, and update to Windows 10 using the Update Assistant.
Good luck.