jonasdk Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 When trying to install windows 7, I get to the install page and get to choose which drive, however, there is no drives to choose from. I've tried using support videos for this but none can help fix my solution. My specifications will be listed below. Aspire ES1-531 Windows 8.1 Processor - Intel® Pentium® Processor N3700 - Quad-core - 1.6 GHz / 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost - 2 MB cache Memory (RAM) 4 GB (8 GB maximum installable RAM) Storage 1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm Please help thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED_Sln Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Is the disk selection window empty, or are the disks visible but you can't install on them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasdk Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, ED_Sln said: Is the disk selection window empty, or are the disks visible but you can't install on them? ED_Sln its empty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Did you try the diskpart command in Command Prompt? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasdk Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, mina7601 said: Did you try the diskpart command in Command Prompt? No, how do i do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 11 minutes ago, jonasdk said: No, how do i do that? Press Shift + F10, type diskpart, then press Enter, then type list disk, then press Enter. Does a disk appear in the list? Edited April 9 by mina7601 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasdk Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, mina7601 said: Press Shift + F10, type diskpart, then press Enter, then type list disk, then press Enter. Does a disk appear in the list? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 8 hours ago, jonasdk said: When trying to install windows 7 8 hours ago, jonasdk said: Aspire ES1-531 Windows 8.1 Some of those Acers I came across were locked to Win8 only in their BIOS. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasdk Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 15 minutes ago, Dixel said: Some of those Acers I came across were locked to Win8 only in their BIOS. Oh damn, if thats the case then that sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED_Sln Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 You can try unpacking the image in UEFI mode, but it is not sure that even so the system will be able to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Draker Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 A good advice would be to search on the dedicated Acer forums or laptop BIOS modding communities. Probably they already know how to remove that hard lock. Probably it's not there at al (very rare)l, but the chances are extrenmely high it's locked since Acer is known to do that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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