From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 21:34:31 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20D7FB8A for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x22a.google.com (mail-ig0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D81A8C24 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f170.google.com with SMTP id l13so8452596iga.1 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:34:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=x8r9ZLo8Y5sb045k2nIwk34dOv73v0vWJmu2cL4yY2I=; b=kRYgYSFbhZPCv0BXHgYwGIZSz6MbARNIGMJaomnDouRqZN+5POS4cadyfXq1nDzR/r Y8fadDUuYu2ZJzJJ3DwMwGIgBH9eTap4uvjB9zmtR02XErEXUdE4W+SjR/Mpc8dpQwVN DWVusAm0GhnbgFC28YBYFX02OEWj7NSNzInZy5vfQmrmC08yWRZtKnvEC44EX3daF318 AHbU3xWzrwOb2sOyZt74YUPZzcd/4gyIn58H3MDSY/78ZVeGozW58YXRAHffPJQT5NlE Kg1pKYAuACvCoYjluDDUd9s4O7232pdk4sjWJ8r1rueN0NXRQyI29R75M/UvMH8buXhN Ly0Q== X-Received: by 10.42.151.67 with SMTP id d3mr20967134icw.56.1421530469967; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:34:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([70.56.104.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qn2sm3686910igb.10.2015.01.17.13.34.28 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:34:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54BAD554.6040404@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:34:12 -0700 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer Aspire AXC-603-UB17 References: <20150117211404.4590a9a9@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 21:34:31 -0000 On 01/17/2015 02:21 PM, Chris Maness wrote: > Yea, I am not sure what would happen at that point. If I could get it to > boot anything, I would just write zeros to the hard drive. I am irritated, > and just want to take it back. However, it seems that most of the mom and > pop computer stores have gone away. I guess I have to make a special trip > to fry's and waste a lot of money. Too bad I have to get this done this > weekend or I would just by something online. > > Regards, > Chris > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Mike Clarke > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> Sorry if you have already tried this, but have you done this: power on and press F2 button. If that gives you the BIOS menu, then from there you should be able to find a tab for boot order and change it so that the internal HD is possibly the 3rd in the list rather than the first. Be sure that cd drive and (if listed in the list), external USB drive, are first and second, according to your preference. Let the list know the results.