RESCUE MISSION: Acer One 10 S1003 D16H1

bjornsen

RESCUE MISSION: Acer One 10 S1003 D16H1

Hello! I do have quite big problem than I'm unable to resolve by myself, therefore I need profesional help.

Bootloop issue due to faulty Phoenix OS install.

Initially I wanted to create dual boot with Windows 10 and Phoenix OS.

There still might be a way to recover Windows somehow, although normal Windows recovery procedure doesn't work.

I'm not quite sure if i have overwritten some files or not.

I neither have created premade Windows recovery pendrive.

I did try several methods that I have read online, none of them worked for me so far.

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Resources I have gathered in order to fix it:

- USB OTG Cable

- Several pendrives, one with dual usb/microusb plug.

ISO files:

- gParted

- HBCD_PE_x64 - Hiren's BootCD

- Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x32

- Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x64

- linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-32bit

- linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit

- linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-32bit

- linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit

- ubuntu-16.04.6-desktop-i386

- ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64

- ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64

Booting software:

- rufus-3.9

- rufus-3.8

- unetbootin-windows-677

- YUMI-2.0.6.9

- YUMI-UEFI-0.0.2.0

RecoveryOS:

- Lazesoft Recovery Suite

Misc software:

- MediaCreationTool1909

- VirtualBox-6.1.4-136177-Win

- WinToUSB_Free

Accepted answers

bjornsen

Finally! After long battle I did manage to install Windows on this tablet through Clonezilla.

Issue solved!

All comments

billsey

Sounds like the easiest will be to boot from the Windows 10 32bit install image and wipe and install from that. That will create a new UEFI partition as well as the C: drive. Sometimes it's tough to remove an OS from UEFI when they've created something a bit non-standard.

bjornsen

billsey said:

Sounds like the easiest will be to boot from the Windows 10 32bit install image and wipe and install from that. That will create a new UEFI partition as well as the C: drive. Sometimes it's tough to remove an OS from UEFI when they've created something a bit non-standard.

Indeed, but the thing is... I'm unable to boot anything! Neither from micro usb port in tablet part nor in the keyboard.

bjornsen

Phoenix OS was installed directly from Windows not from bootable usb drive.

billsey

In BIOS you need to turn off Secure Boot and you might have to create an admin password to enable that change. You might also need to turn on the F12 boot menu in order for you to get enough time to hit the F12. Once those are done hitting F12 early enough (and often enough

) will give you the option to boot from a Windows install flash drive, and when it's up you can wipe and install W10 from scratch.

bjornsen

billsey said:

In BIOS you need to turn off Secure Boot and you might have to create an admin password to enable that change. You might also need to turn on the F12 boot menu in order for you to get enough time to hit the F12. Once those are done hitting F12 early enough (and often enough ) will give you the option to boot from a Windows install flash drive, and when it's up you can wipe and install W10 from scratch.

Quick Boot - Disabled

Network Stack - Disabled

USB Boot - Enabled

UEFI OS Fast Boot - Disabled

Enforce Secure Boot - Disabled

No option to create admin password.

No option to turn on F12 boot menu.

I have managed to boot/install Windows/Linux/Android by using USB Stick on several devices/laptops so far. Some of those were UEFI some weren't.

I did create several bootable flashdrives using Rufus, Unetbootin, YUMI/YUMI-UEFI.

Some were MBR, some GPT.

Also I have created MicroUSB bootable card.

Some of those drives are recognized in "Boot From File" section @ BIOS.

None of the "bootia32.efi" files worked for me so far.

What about adding a "UEFI file as trusted for execution" in "Administer Secure Boot" section.

Which one should I add? bootmgr.efi or efi/boot/bootia32.efi.

CLUELESS

JordanB

1. Download the Windows 10 April 2018 32 bit ISO from here (Windows 10 1803)
2. Create bootable USB with rufus with rufus settings: GPT, UEFI (non CSM), FAT32
3. Boot the USB (you'll probably have to create a supervisor password and disable secure boot before you can boot it---not sure)
4. When you see "Windows Setup", press Shift+F10 to get a command prompt
5. At the command prompt, delete your Phoenix EFI entries. bcdedit /enum firmware
bcdedit /delete {identifier}.

That's my only suggestion. If you like tinkering, I would get an Acer laptop with 64 bit Windows 10 pre-installed and a removable HDD or SSD. The S1003 is not really tinker-friendly.