Ubuntu 12.10 Acer aspire v5-571p

mauricio288

Hello comunity, I need your help with my laptop.

 

I'm a ubuntu user, and want to have a dual-boot instalation of Windows 8 and Ubuntu.

 

When I install ubuntu on my Acer aspire v5-571p everything was all rigth until I wanted to enter Windows 8 again, Windows send an error about a not found file, wich is necesesary for the Windows 8 UEFI to boot.

 

I was able to enter Ubuntu, but my Windows partition was useless, so I tried to restore to default settings, but I was unnable to do it, the Alt + F10 command was not working and because of that I had to send my laptop to Acer for a full restoration.

 

Now that I have my laptop again, I need a step by step guide to install Ubuntu along side Windows 8 in the UEFI mode; without having a mayor risk, also, I think that Acer is not ready to work with windows 8, this is because if I try the Alt + F10 command it simply won't work.

 

I hope that you can help me in this problem, beacuse, really I don't feel confortable using Windows 8. (I have it only for educational reasons)

patagriff

I had the identical problem when setting up my dual boot Ubuntu 12.12 x86_AMD64 / Windows 8 on my Acer Aspire 5515. I'm not sure what level of computer proficiency you possess. The easiest way would be to install Boot Repair in Ubuntu and then use boot repair disk to fix the problem automatically. You can do this several different ways.

 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

 

This link will show you step by step how to do this. You can run Boot Repair from in Ubuntu, but I would also suggest you burn the software to a CD or DVD to create a Boot Repair Disk to use in the event of boot problems from either side of your system.

 

And while we're discussing this dual boot arrangement, allow me to further suggest you create what I call a shared data partition on your hard drive that can hold all the files you wish to be able to use from within either operating system. Create the partition formatted NTFS, and it can be mounted from Ubuntu or Windows. Then you cvan create Document, Picture, Music and Video folders for all you're mp3's, etc. and when Windows 8 creates libraries for you, just include the new partition location in the library. This is vastly more efficient and consumes less space than having two copies of files or storing this stuff on removable media.

 

Good luck. we both have set out to create virtually the same machine. Mine has been performing beautifully since a month or two after Windows 8 was released.

patagriff

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In addition to earlier reply, Windows 8 default setting out of the box is to hibernate upon poer off, as to enable quick booting on restart. You'll need to change this setting in Windows 8 once you are able to boot into Windows, or you'll only be able to boot to Windows when you restart. This is done in advance system settings. Select "change what the power button does" and choose shutdown. The Windows 8 forum can guide you to a thorough proceedure for enabling full shutdown.

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Just go to thislink to a thread I posted and follow the excellent advice I recieved while struggling through the same difficulties you are experiencing.

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http://www.eightforums.com/performance-maintenance/14702-need-force-full-shutdown-windows-8-instead-hibern.html

A much better source for advice on this dual boot project than the Acer community would be the following:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php

mauricio288

Thanks for the reply, I consider myself an advanced user, so I know what I'm doing in the PC

 

I tried that, actually I made my own guide, the problem is that the last time I did it, Windows erase the .efi boot file by itself, and was just after installing boot repair.

 

What I didn't do was to create a Boot Repair Disk, I would really apreciate if you can send me a guide or tell me how can I do this, it sound like a goos way to restore my Windows in case that something goes wrong.