#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER SERIAL NUMBER#
#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER INSTALL#
#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER UPGRADE#
#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER FULL#

The system re-boots and this time press and hold F12 to get to the Please Wait words then when the boot menu appears press down arrow to get to the USB (Yes I know you changed it in the Bios but.) Press down arrow to get to advanced Chipset and press enterДown to Integrated Peripherals and set USB Storage emulation to HDD from AutoДЇ10 to save the settings and exit from the bios screen Press 'Escape' to return to the top level. Press down arrow until you get to 'Advanced CMOS' and press enterД«oot to RevoBoot should be set to disabled. I found press and hold for a second or so to be required to get a change of screen here. Press 'escape' to get back to the first page.

#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER SERIAL NUMBER#

If you want to check your serial number and bois version then press return on the first line 'Product Information'. Listen carefully for a short beep and the screen will say press del for set-up or F12 to change boot priorities.ДЇirst time in press and hold del until 'Please wait' is shown (My keyboard has poor response to key presses at this stage.

Insert the stick in a spare usb port and switch the revo on (my revo was a 2gb 160gb hdd linpus box). Insert your windows 7 DVD and the 4gb stick and then run the software as administrator (I did this from a windows 7 machine).

#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER INSTALL#

I did this by using the software and information in this link A Bootable USB: Utility to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Server 2008 and 7 - Tweaking with Vishal

#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER FULL#

I have now suceeded to install Windows 7 so as promised here is a full guide of what I had to do.ДЇirst build a 4gb USB stick with a boot sector and the windows 7 install files. Are you using the little white one that comes with the machine? I know it had some sticky paper stuff all over it which might interfere with the key presses. Lastly, I cant answer your question about the keyboard as i did not have that problem. Just go to the Acer website and register your revo's serial number.

#HOW TO BOOT FROM USB ACER UPGRADE#

On a side note you are as a valued Revo customer entitled to a free upgrade to win 7 when it is released in Oct. If you have not already formatted the recovery partition, i would recover the pc and upgrade OR install XP then upgrade. I have installed it on three machines so far, My Revo R3600L (Just upgraded from the pre-installed vista with no issues), My newly built main HTPC in the lounge (installed XP first because of the issue not booting), and my laptop (again upgraded from vista) I suspect it is this issue stopping you with the USB drive. I found after many, many, many burnt dvd's (even from the ISO MS provided me) that they just wont boot. I have tried two keyboards - same effect.ДЇirst off, I feel your pain with the windows 7 install issue. On another point - when in setup the keyboard response is dreadful I have to hold a key down for a few seconds to get it to respond then release it smartish before the auto repeat kicks in - anyone else experienced this.

Has any one any ideas? - I think I might write a cookbook guide once I get to a point where Windows is installing. If I reboot it comes up in to Linpus as if there is no boot on the usb, yet the usb is still first in the set-up. The system sits there flashing a cursor for as long as I care to leave it (10 minutes and more) This time I press f12 to select boot order - I know this should not be necessary but surprise surprise the boot order comes up with HDD first. I have entered setup (del) and changed the USB to be the first boot device and changed the USB to be HDD rather than Auto. I have read this thread and see that many people are having problems and I think I have extracted as many answers as possible. The stick was previously used to install XP on my Aspire One so I know it works. I have a usb stick which is bootable and has the windows 7 distribution on there. I have just bought a 2gb 160gb Revo r3600L and am trying to install windows 7.

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