- Sep 13, 2017
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I want to do a fresh install of Windows 7 (current OS) on my Acer TMP645-M-5609. I have obtained the official recovery discs from Acer, but I do not have an optical drive. I tried burning the disc image onto a usb drive, but this won't work with either the "system disc" (I'm supposed to start the computer using this one) or any of the "recovery discs" (3 of these). I also got an external dvd drive (connects via usb) from some dude on Craigslist, which may be too old for my computer to even recognize. When I reboot the computer, I press F12 to select the drive from which to boot, and I do so, and am prompted to press any key to restart. When I do this, Windows loads as normal.
This happens with any of the iso files on my usb stick.
this happens with any of the four discs in the external optical drive.
the external drive is recognized in the boot drive menu.
I know i have done a clean install of windows 7 on this machine, but it was a couple of years ago and i have no memory of the procedure it took.
i have my bios set to legacy, and all of the usb drives are listed before the hard drives or anything else.
alt-F10 does nothing.
I press f12 to get into boot menu, and f2 to get into bios settings.
Any advice?
This happens with any of the iso files on my usb stick.
this happens with any of the four discs in the external optical drive.
the external drive is recognized in the boot drive menu.
I know i have done a clean install of windows 7 on this machine, but it was a couple of years ago and i have no memory of the procedure it took.
i have my bios set to legacy, and all of the usb drives are listed before the hard drives or anything else.
alt-F10 does nothing.
I press f12 to get into boot menu, and f2 to get into bios settings.
Any advice?
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