Thursday 8 January 2009

How to boot from a USB Flash Drive on the Acer Aspire One

There are 2 methods that you can use to boot from a USB Flash Drive on the Acer Aspire One,

Method 1:
  • Press the F12 key as soon as the first black and white Acer screen is displayed, this will display the Boot Menu.
  • Select the USB Flash drive.
  • Press the Enter Key

Method 2:

  • Press the F2 key as soon as the first black and white Acer screen is displayed, this will take you into the Bios menu.
  • Press the right key to move into the Boot menu.
  • Press the down key until the USB HDD option is highlighted.
  • Press F5 to move the USB HDD option up a level.
  • Highlight the USB HDD option and move it up using the F5 key.
  • Repeat the above instruction until the USB HDD option is at Level 1.
  • Now save and exit the setup tool.
From now on when you boot the Acer Aspire One, if the USB drive is connected it will boot from it, but it the USB drive isn't connected it will boot from the Internal HD Drive as normal.

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