From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 21:14:20 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08B142BD for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from avasout08.plus.net (avasout08.plus.net [212.159.14.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "Bizanga Labs SMTP Client Certificate", Issuer "Bizanga Labs CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85931A41 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from curlew.milibyte.co.uk ([84.92.153.232]) by avasout08 with smtp id h9E61p004516WCc019E7aS; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:15 +0000 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=D6jJK5hj c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:117 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:17 a=D7rCoLxHAAAA:8 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=YNv0rlydsVwA:10 a=MWTWBCRKAAAA:8 a=nERdVnE_rBAojcDEA9AA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Received: from curlew.lan ([192.168.1.13]) by curlew.milibyte.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YCah2-00019m-An; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:06 +0000 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:04 +0000 From: Mike Clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20150117211404.4590a9a9@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.13 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on curlew.lan X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Subject: Re: Acer Aspire AXC-603-UB17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on curlew.milibyte.co.uk) Cc: Chris Maness X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:20 -0000 On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:00:37 -0800 Chris Maness wrote: > Moreover, after going through the setup, Windows seemed to have hijacked > the whole boot process, and I can't even get into the BIOS. What is the > deal? Does M$ have some kind of deal with Acer to make it impossible to > install another OS? I have never purchased a computer with the OS already > on it. I have always built my own PC's, but for $209 I figured it couldn't > be beat. > > Has anyone else had a similar experience with ultra cheapie Windows boxes? It might be interesting to see if you can get into the BIOS after disconnecting the hard drive. -- Mike Clarke