Hello all,
Thank you in advance for any help and time given. I spent a few hours trying to resolve this problem before asking for any help but have been unsuccessful.
Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Jay
A few days ago, my daughters Acer Laptop stopped booting up properly. It now goes into a loop between first screen:
Default boot device missing or boot failed.
Insert recovery media and hit any key
Then select 'Boot Manager' to choose a new boot device or to boot recovery media
I hit [ok] and then it takes me to
Boot Manager / Boot Options Menu. One option given for the installed HDD.
Choose HDD option and it takes me back to above Default boot device missing or boot failed.
This is a continuous loop that I cannot get out of. Only exception that I have found is that I can get into the BIOS [F2]and can modify the boot priority order to allow for a USB drive if needed however the few things I have added to my USB drive have not helped or even been executed by the laptop.
a few reference notes:
Laptop = Aspire A315-41 / Part Number: NX.GY9AA.005 / Windows 10 / 64 bit / BIOS v1.06 /CPU AMD Ryzen 3 2200U with Radeon Vega Mobile GFX
-Power while tapping [F2] = BIOS (Primary HDD is reported) (Cannot change to Legacy option)
-Power while tapping [F12] = Boot Menu (which is in a loop with 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Power while tapping [F10] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Power while holding [ALT] + tapping [F10] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or BootFailed' Acer logo pops on screen for less
than a second. (Also kept fingers pressed on Alt+F10)
-Power while holding [SHIFT] + tapping [F8] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Repeatedly turn laptop on/off 3x times at logo screen. Tried but logo screen only on for split second before going to = 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Unable to change bios settings from uefi to legacy. Uefi is only option in bios.-Cannot get laptop to boot into repair mode-Cannot get laptop to boot into repair
-The HDD is reported in the BIOS setup.
-Do not have any recovery discs or recovery USB drives. The laptop did not come with either of these products and I failed to make any prior to this issue.
-The Acer logo pops on the screen for a split second before the error screen appears. Not enough time to press any important buttons while it is on the screen.
-I created a Win 10 recovery USB (from Microsoft website) but cannot get laptop to recognize it after changing boot priority from HDD to USB or at any other time.
Thank you in advance for any help and time given. I spent a few hours trying to resolve this problem before asking for any help but have been unsuccessful.
Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Jay
A few days ago, my daughters Acer Laptop stopped booting up properly. It now goes into a loop between first screen:
Default boot device missing or boot failed.
Insert recovery media and hit any key
Then select 'Boot Manager' to choose a new boot device or to boot recovery media
I hit [ok] and then it takes me to
Boot Manager / Boot Options Menu. One option given for the installed HDD.
Choose HDD option and it takes me back to above Default boot device missing or boot failed.
This is a continuous loop that I cannot get out of. Only exception that I have found is that I can get into the BIOS [F2]and can modify the boot priority order to allow for a USB drive if needed however the few things I have added to my USB drive have not helped or even been executed by the laptop.
a few reference notes:
Laptop = Aspire A315-41 / Part Number: NX.GY9AA.005 / Windows 10 / 64 bit / BIOS v1.06 /CPU AMD Ryzen 3 2200U with Radeon Vega Mobile GFX
-Power while tapping [F2] = BIOS (Primary HDD is reported) (Cannot change to Legacy option)
-Power while tapping [F12] = Boot Menu (which is in a loop with 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Power while tapping [F10] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Power while holding [ALT] + tapping [F10] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or BootFailed' Acer logo pops on screen for less
than a second. (Also kept fingers pressed on Alt+F10)
-Power while holding [SHIFT] + tapping [F8] = goes directly to 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Repeatedly turn laptop on/off 3x times at logo screen. Tried but logo screen only on for split second before going to = 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'
-Unable to change bios settings from uefi to legacy. Uefi is only option in bios.-Cannot get laptop to boot into repair mode-Cannot get laptop to boot into repair
-The HDD is reported in the BIOS setup.
-Do not have any recovery discs or recovery USB drives. The laptop did not come with either of these products and I failed to make any prior to this issue.
-The Acer logo pops on the screen for a split second before the error screen appears. Not enough time to press any important buttons while it is on the screen.
-I created a Win 10 recovery USB (from Microsoft website) but cannot get laptop to recognize it after changing boot priority from HDD to USB or at any other time.