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  1. DrWolfenstein
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    I had to go back into bios and enable boot menu. Though this is all I see in boot now, but the dvd drive name has changed?
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  3. theog
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    DrWolfenstein said:
    Well I went onto the acer forum about 2 hours ago and got this reply and came up with this!
    Can you post a link to the thread.

    DrWolfenstein said:
    I had to go back into bios and enable boot menu. Though this is all I see in boot now, but the dvd drive name has changed?
    The HDD Drive should be first boot device.
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  4. gregrocker
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    Is Secure Boot still disabled, non-UEFI HDD available now?

    If so set DVD drive first to boot then HD, boot the normal Win7 installation DVD to see if it will install.

    You may need to wipe the HD first with Clean Command followed by "Convert MBR" to make sure it's not GPT.
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  6. DrWolfenstein
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    theog said:
    DrWolfenstein said:
    Well I went onto the acer forum about 2 hours ago and got this reply and came up with this!
    Can you post a link to the thread.

    DrWolfenstein said:
    I had to go back into bios and enable boot menu. Though this is all I see in boot now, but the dvd drive name has changed?
    The HDD Drive should be first boot device.
    Packard Bell iMedia L4875 how to enable legacy BIO... - Acer Support Community
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  7. theog
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    theog said:
    Will the Packard Bell Recovery DVD boot in uEFI mode?
    Yes or No?
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  8. DrWolfenstein
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    theog said:
    theog said:
    Will the Packard Bell Recovery DVD boot in uEFI mode?
    Yes or No?
    I dont have a recovery dvd the pc never came with one. I've made a driver back up disc and a system repair disk though. I have tried with 3 different usb sticks to make the back up but that always fails lol
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  10. theog
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    If you made this CD/DVD
    System Repair Disc - Create in Windows 8
    Will this disc boot in uEFI mode?
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  11. DrWolfenstein
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    gregrocker said:
    Is Secure Boot still disabled, non-UEFI HDD available now?

    If so set DVD drive first to boot then HD, boot the normal Win7 installation DVD to see if it will install.

    You may need to wipe the HD first with Clean Command followed by "Convert MBR" to make sure it's not GPT.

    I tried to run the win 7 install dvd i had this msg
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  12. gregrocker
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    Please answer my questions.
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  13. DrWolfenstein
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    gregrocker said:
    Please answer my questions.

    Right as far as i'm aware i had answered your Qs

    I put a pic up of the boot menu with the dvd and the hdd showing, thats the only thing i can see in the bios bootlist and the boot menu. when i got into legacy i had to enable the bootmenu you again. I've tried the dvd install with win 7 disc and nothing
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