"No bootable device" acer spin 1 s111-33-p5b4 on boot up

M325i
M325i Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
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No bootable device comes up when i turn on my acer spin 1 its a convertible laptop ive had it for a year and a half, ive tried going into bios by it doesnt have a lagacy drive only uefi and you cant really even go into the boot sub menu by pushing enter it doesnt let you. The time and date are right, i havent tried safe mode because i dont know how to put it into safe mode. Can someone please guide me through on how to fix this issue on this laptop thanks.

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  • Easwar
    Easwar Member Posts: 6,727 Guru
    Hi M325i,

    Is HDD showing in the BIOS page ?
  • M325i
    M325i Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    yes the hdd is showing in the bios
  • Easwar
    Easwar Member Posts: 6,727 Guru
    Hi M325i,
    M325i said:
    yes the hdd is showing in the bios
    # Reset the unit, (It will remove all the data--->Unit goes to Day 1 of default version)

    1. Turn OFF the unit.
    2. Press and hold Alt+F10 keys(without releasing the keys) ---> Trun ON the unit. 
    3. You will get a blue screen(Title Choose an option). (Release the keys)
    4. Click troubleshoot option.
    5. Click on Reset this PC.
    6. Go with the option (Keep my files/Remove every thing)
    7. Then follow the on screen instruction. 

    Check this T/S and post the result. 
  • M325i
    M325i Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    Easwar said:
    Hi M325i,
    M325i said:
    yes the hdd is showing in the bios
    # Reset the unit, (It will remove all the data--->Unit goes to Day 1 of default version)

    1. Turn OFF the unit.
    2. Press and hold Alt+F10 keys(without releasing the keys) ---> Trun ON the unit. 
    3. You will get a blue screen(Title Choose an option). (Release the keys)
    4. Click troubleshoot option.
    5. Click on Reset this PC.
    6. Go with the option (Keep my files/Remove every thing)
    7. Then follow the on screen instruction. 

    Check this T/S and post the result. 

    when i hold down alt+f10 nothing happens and it just goes to the no bootable device page
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    N o need to reset, and a reset likely won't help anyway. Your best bet at this point is to boot on a Windows install USB flash drive. You can create that on a different computer using the image from Microsoft. Go into the BIOS on your SP111-33 and disable Secure Boot and enable the F12 boot menu. That should allow you to plug the flash drive in and select it from the boot menu you get with F12. On the second page of the installer there is a Repair option. First try the automatic startup repair and if that doesn't work go to the command line and use diskpart to look at the partitions on the disk. If diskpart can't read the disk then you have a disk failure (not good because your model might have an eMMC disk, which is soldered to the MB). If diskpart can access the disk fine you should see a small (around 100MB) partition that is the FAT32 EFI partition, a much larger partition that is NTFS and the C: drive and maybe another small partition (500-1000MB) that is the recovery partition. One some systems there is a fourth partition that's around 10GB or smaller but I don't think you have one on your model. If all the partitions look good then search on rebuilding the EFI partition and go through that process. You will use diskpart to give the EFI partition a drive letter and then use tools on the install image to replace the bad stuff. That ought to get you booting again.
    Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful or click on "Yes" if it answers your question.
  • M325i
    M325i Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    billsey said:
    N o need to reset, and a reset likely won't help anyway. Your best bet at this point is to boot on a Windows install USB flash drive. You can create that on a different computer using the image from Microsoft. Go into the BIOS on your SP111-33 and disable Secure Boot and enable the F12 boot menu. That should allow you to plug the flash drive in and select it from the boot menu you get with F12. On the second page of the installer there is a Repair option. First try the automatic startup repair and if that doesn't work go to the command line and use diskpart to look at the partitions on the disk. If diskpart can't read the disk then you have a disk failure (not good because your model might have an eMMC disk, which is soldered to the MB). If diskpart can access the disk fine you should see a small (around 100MB) partition that is the FAT32 EFI partition, a much larger partition that is NTFS and the C: drive and maybe another small partition (500-1000MB) that is the recovery partition. One some systems there is a fourth partition that's around 10GB or smaller but I don't think you have one on your model. If all the partitions look good then search on rebuilding the EFI partition and go through that process. You will use diskpart to give the EFI partition a drive letter and then use tools on the install image to replace the bad stuff. That ought to get you booting again.

    ok im gonna try that.
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    Please let us know what you find.
    Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful or click on "Yes" if it answers your question.
  • Vvish
    Vvish Member Posts: 3 New User

    If diskpart can't read the disk then you have a disk failure (not good because your model might have an eMMC disk, which is soldered to the MB)

    I have this problem. I also tried to boot up my device using and external SSD but it only loads and cannot proceed to windows. The SSD has 240gb storage. What can I do to fix this?

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