![]() ![]() Simply click on the option to download the latest Windows version. A download of UNetbootin – this is a free program that will create a bootable USB device with one of a number of downloadable operating systems, including any your own.Now, and this is where I went wrong initially, the USB memory has to be formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS. No idea why as the files took up 3.2MB in total. I read somewhere that recommended a 4GB one. And that when I say USB memory, I also mean USB drive. That means putting DOS on a USB stick and booting from it.īear in mind that I have a Windows XP A150 Aspire One. And not the Command Prompt DOS-a-like that Windows offers. In a nutshell, the BIOS has to be upgraded via DOS. In the end I found a combination of advice was the best solution. I couldn’t find anything on the Acer site on how to do it, although they offer the BIOS updates, but I did find various forums and blogs where it’s been discussed. ![]() ![]() As much as I hate doing BIOS updates, due to the possibility of catastrophic problems, I decided to give it a go. The BIOS on my Acer was horribly out of date and the change logs showed that a lot of useful fixes had been implemented since. ![]()
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