UPDATE: Here is a guide to installing Linux after you flashed the Coreboot BIOS: This is the Acer C710 Chromebook aka 1st generation Acer C7 running Windows 7 64bit natively. This is a clean install of Windows running a custom BIOS ROM known as Coreboot with a SeaBios payload. It is very important that the jumper is set when you are making a back up and obviously when you are flashing the ROM. If you make a backup without the jumper being set, then your backup rom will not be good. If you try to re-flash the with a bad original rom, YOU WILL BRICK IT! So be careful. I don't recommend that you try this unless you are fully prepared to brick your Chromebook.
This is not a definitive guide. Here are the links I used to get information from: To skip the talking and entering the Developer mode, jump to for disabling the write protect chip.
Make sure you download the ROM file called coreboot-parrot-seabios-windows-27102013.rom. It was made specifically to boot and load Windows if that is what you are attempting to do.
I did this at Pre-built Coreboot ROM file: Coreboot Tutorial from OSCON 2013: Acer C756 Drivers: Creating a Bootable Windows 7 USB Installation Drive: Windows 7 Professional English 32-bit: Windows 7 Professional English 64-bit.
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Model PARROT SHEARWATER A-D 3947 I'm trying to fix this computer, it belongs to a friend of mine. It was just laying around and I thought, what a waste. I thought this would be pretty simple.
I initially tried to access bios just to see if I could reset or enter recovery mode, I was not successful. I later went home and did some research.
This computer is a pain in the. I personally am a Linux user and I followed the instructions provided by Google on running the recovery script for Linux. Saravanan meenakshi full episode. Problem 1) 'I can't seem to find a valid USB drive.' So I find the.bin file and use disk image write on my Linux computer, it installs on the Fat 32 formatted 4GB usb drive and I try to run this usb.
Back to the problem of BIOS, I have read that you can't boot from a USB without being in developer mode / enabling something I'm thinking the USB is supposed to initiate by itself since the stock Chromebook OS still exists, but stuck at the 'Chrome OS is missing.' Page I'm interested in flashing coreboot bios though my friend says he doesn't like Linux / know how to use it, which is a joke since this computer might as well be Linux seeing as how limited it is with applications. Most Linux distros have beautiful desktop interfaces so, contrary to the popular notion of Linux being scary because it is command line. It is Linux anyway like Android Anyway, is this computer.ed? I'm wondering if I should get a windows based PC and try again. Or perhaps see if someone saved a recovery image that I can download.
The terminal is a joke too with the Linux recovery script, says 'There are up to 41 recovery images to choose from:' then I'm supposed to guess what the exact name of an image is? I found out that numbers worked, and I went up to 40, in three increments, 1, 7 and 40.
I figured I would start with Butterfly for now. I don't know, I want to fix this computer, but at the same time I could care less, I hate limited technology, like I'm a child or something that I can't access BIOS?
Or incompetent. Anyway, any help would be appreciated. I realize this computer is old, but it's too bad, it's light, probably uses low power and everything appears to be fine on it. Jacob David C. Cunningham 16/1/2015, 21:42 น.
RECOMMENDED: The much awaited Windows 7 RC has come out with added features such as the Windows XP Mode (XPM). Though Windows 7 Beta was very stable for primary use, many users hesitated to install it.
But with Windows 7 RC, you can now install Windows 7 on your primary machines including Netbooks. Installing Windows 7 on a Netbook isn’t as easy as installing on Laptops or desktops that come with in-built DVD drive. Since we can’t use DVD media to install on Netbook, we need to use an USB (Pen drive or Flash drive) to make it happen. Has already covered how to install Windows 7 from USB/Pen drive in the past. This guide is exclusively for Acer Aspire One Netbook users, who like to install the brand new Windows 7 on their Acer Aspire One. Windows 7 DVD or ISO 2. A USB Drive with 2.5+ GB (4GB) 3.
Windows Vista or windows 7 running machine to create bootable USB stick. Lastly, your Acer Aspire One with 100% charged battery or connected to power supply. Procedure: Installing Windows 7 on Acer Aspire One (Netbook) 1. We need to create a bootable USB stick of Windows 7 first. To make it happen insert your USB stick and then copy or move all your contents (if any) to a drive.
Next, open Command Prompt with admin rights. You can use either of the given methods below to open Command Prompt with admin rights (also known as elevated command prompt).Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.
Or.Go to Start menu All programs Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in the command prompt: First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message. Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.
Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “ Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it. So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one: SELECT DISK 1 CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=NTFS (Format process may take few seconds) ASSIGN EXIT Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it. Next insert your Windows7 DVD into the optical drive and check the drive letter of the DVD drive (Double-click computer icon to know). In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is “D” and USB drive letter is “H” (open my computer to know about it). In case, if you don’t have Windows 7 DVD and have just ISO, you need to use a free software named.
Download Virtual Clone Drive, then use the Virtual Drive letter as you DVD drive letter after mounting the Windows 7 DVD image. You can also your WinRAR software to extract the Windows 7 ISO file to desktop. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following command now: D:CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter. CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
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Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code. BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: Where “H” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see the below message. Copy all the Windows 7 DVD contents to the USB flash drive.
So, now you have bootable Windows 7 USB drive. Reboot your Acer Aspire One Netbook and then, press F12 key to enter the BIOS. Select USB drive as bootable drive and hit enter. Your should begin now. Installing Windows 7 is very easy, very similar to installing Vista.
Just follow the onscreen procedure to finish the installation process. For those of you bashing the ZGF, I 100% agreed until yesterday when I was given an OCZ SSD. I threw that in and installed Win7, it’s running legitimately 10x faster than it was with a spinning drive on WinXP.
I’ll be throwing a 1GB stick of RAM in it, at $5, there’s no reason not to. Then I’ll be adding an a/b/g/n WiFi adapter for the grand sum of $4.20. Honestly I’m happy with it with just the SSD. The difference is INCREDIBLE.
Once I up the RAM and add the better WiFi card, it should be pretty nice. In all honesty, I’d say it’s comparable to my Samsung with i3, 8GB Crucial, and 7200 spinning disc. The SSD sure makes a SERIOUS difference. My advice, if you’re unhappy with the performance of your ZG5, I highly suggest dropping the roughly $50 on an SSD. I will be using this a LOT more. Especially after I add theRAM and WiFi card.
I’ve also seen articles about putting a touchscreen screen into the ZG5. If I figure out how to do it and where to get one though, I do intend on giving it a shot. Would be a great little touchscreen Netbook at that point. My only wish was that I could swap out the board on the right with the USBs to have USB 3.0. Rob says.
I was given an Acer Aspire One, it has Windows 7 on it. I will admit that I’ve never used this system before, only XP. It says it has intel Atom inside, energy star,ultra thin,10.1 LED,WIFI certified,Processor450(1.66GHz,512KB Cache). It has 1GBMemory and 160TH HDD of storage.
I got it and it seems to have all types of problems. It freezes immediately. As soon as I turn it on it freezes. I can’t access the internet. The previous owner said she restored the system before giving it to me. It shows over 1,000 things wrong and in need of updating. It also asks for a verifacation key or some type of key code I think you would have received sheen you purchased or signed up.
It needs virus protection but I can’t get it to let me on the internet because it freezes and stays that way. I wanted to do a factory reset but I don’t have a computer or a Windows 7 disk. I know this netbook has been reset numerous times.I would love to fix it and update the system. I actually paid for Backup and I can’t do anything with it until I can get it fixed.
I Guess it’s time for me to ask what can I do to fix all the problems? Is there anyway I can do a factory reset without the Windows disk or without using a flash drive? I think that there might be too many prob. Berenise says. Hi, i dont really know what im doing here, this is the first thing of this kind i have tried.
Firstly, because I was using xp i had to use mbr wizard to make the drive bootable. When i was trying to make the usb drive ‘active’, it would be confirmed but when i checked again using mbrwiz/list it would still say it wasnt active. My aspire one is running on linpus linux atm, when i select to boot from the usb stick, it appears to boot normally and no sign of it wanting to install. I can access the data on the usb stick but the ‘setup’ icon is an executable file.
Have i just got the wrong iso? What is going wrong? Thanks in advance for your help, will. Lara says. Thought I would add my two centsok here’s the deal I have tried EVERYTHING to boot my Acer Aspire One Netbook KAV10 from USB. I was booting from Windows xp so the “diskpart” method would not work.
I even did some methods using MBRWizard and still my Acer would not detect my USB upon rebootI eventually screwed up my USB and had to restore it through a ubuntu Terminal! SO here is my solution that WORKED.this is for all those who were in my position trying to figure this out for days. First I Downloaded my Windows.ISO and found a ISO program called UltraISO.
Attach your USB to your computer 3. Load your ISO image into UltraISO via the “File–Open–Your Windows ISO” 4. Click on the “Bootable” drop down menu and select “Write Image File.” 5. Make sure its writing to the drive which your USB is connected to 6. This will essentially “burn” the ISO to your USB stick the same way it would to a CD 7. When it is done go to “MY Computer” and Click it and hit the “Setup” buttonand tada!
Let it go through its normal setup process. This by-passes all the programing crap, and does it all for you in one program! Hope this helpslet me know if it works for you. This has been a very useful site so I though I would post my experiences: I recently bought an Acer Aspire One A150 (1GB RAM, 120GB hard disk, Linpus Linux) – for you UK’ers Expansys are doing a good deal on these at the moment (£150 as of 7/7/2009). As it happened I played with the Linux desktop that came with it and was actually quite impressed. As part of this playing around I performed a Live Update.
I wanted to install Windows 7 RC so after downloading the 32 bit version, I came to this very useful site to create the bootable USB disk (in my case I used a fast 4GB CompactFlash card in a USB card reader). This worked fine and, after booting from it on the Aspire One, I sucessfully installed Windows 7 (it even automatically detected the built in WiFi chipset). Because this was so successful, I bought another Aspire One A150 from Expansys and proceeded to try to install Windows 7 from the same CompactFlash card. This failed with a boot error from the Windows Boot Manager.
This had me stumped for a while until I realised I hadn’t done a Live Update within the Aspire One’s Linux desktop. After letting the Live Update complete and rebooting to the CompactFlash card, Windows 7 installed successfully. In summary: do a Live Update in the Aspire One’s Linux environment first before trying the Windows 7 install (I am not sure why the Live Update causes a boot from the CompactFlash card in a card reader to work though). Jacou says.
So you want to run Windows 8 on your Chromebook? Well congratulations, you clicked on the right link. Let me first ask you a question. Are you looking for a fully responsive, practical and reliable Windows 8 chromebook system?
If so, then go out and buy a Windows netbook. While running Windows 8 on your Chromebook is feasible, there are a lot of driver hurdles and hardware limitations (depending on your Chromebook model) that you will have to overcome before this becomes a practical solution. This (rough) guide will show you how to get everything setup to the point in which you can actually install Windows 8; but because of the limited disk space available on my Chromebook, I couldn’t actually install Windows 8, but more on that later.
So here’s how to install windows 8 on Chromebook: What You Will Need:. An Intel/AMD powered Chromebook (Sorry, no ARM Chromebook).
Windows 8 ISO. If you don’t have a windows 8 iso don’t worry because you can download a free evaluation trial of Windows 8 enterprise right from Microsoft. Step 1: Getting Windows 8 on a USB. Before we can get started, the first thing which needs to be address is how you will get Windows 8 onto your Chromebook. You have two options when it comes to this. Install nikto. Option 1: Installing Windows 8 from USB This is the option which most of you probably are familiar with. You can take a generic USB (preferably 8GB or larger) and use a program such as the (yes it works with windows 8) and install the Windows 8 setup files to your USB drive.
The program will unpack the setup and run the installation on the target machine. Option 2: Installing Windows 8 to the USB This method only works if you’re using a USB 3.0 stick. You can use a program called that will install Windows 8 to your USB drive. Essentially, you will be booting and running Windows 8 from your USB. Unfortunately, when I tried this I couldn’t get passed the Windows 8 loading screen.
I figured it was because the read speeds from USB are just too slow. But your mileage may vary. Step 2: Enabling Developer Mode.
Before you can install Windows 8, you will need to put your chromebook in developer mode. Developer Mode allows you to get root access to the command shell. Be aware that activating developer mode erases all of your information. Of course, due to the nature of Chrome OS, you won’t really have to worry about backing up apps or anything. The instructions for entering developer mode will differ for each chromebook.
On the Acer C720, hold the the ESC and Refresh (F3) keys and tap the Power button. This will put your chromebook into recovery mode. Once you are inside of the recovery, press Crtl+D to activate developer mode. Your chromebook will reboot and you will hear two beeps, don’t panic.
After the beeps, your chromebook will reboot again. It will erase your data and reboot you in developer mode. While developer mode is activated, whenever you reboot your device it will show the recovery screen for 30 seconds before entering into Chrome OS. Just press Crtl+D on the recovery screen if you don’t feel like waiting for 30 seconds. If you haven’t yet, now is the time to plug in your USB with Windows 8 on it. You’re going to need it soon. Step 2: Enabling Legacy Bios In order to boot from your USB device, you will need to enable the legacy bios.
On the Chrome login screen press Crtl-Alt-F2 to enter the shell window. Once you are inside the shell window type in the following: ( source chronos (for the username) sudo bash (for Superuser privileges) crossystem devbootusb=1 devbootlegacy=1 sudo reboot Your chromebook will reboot. Now, on the OS verification (recovery) screen, hit Crtl-L to bring up the legacy bios, then Esc to bring up the boot menu. Finally, choose your USB device and if everything goes well, Windows 8 should be booting. In order to navigate the install menu, you will need to connect an external mouse because there are no trackpad drivers. Unfortunately, this is where I must leave you on your own.
As I mentioned in the introduction, I lacked the available hard disk space to actually install Windows 8. My Chromebook only has a 16 GB SSD, with only 10 GB available after Chrome OS.
In addition, I was having no problem getting to the install screen the previous 3 times I was trying this out. However, on the 4th time around (when I was taking photos for this blog post) for some reason it kept freezing on the setup screen. So hopefully you will have better luck than I had.
Definitely try this out and report back how far you were able to go.
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