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5739G won't boot up after Acer Arcade Instant-On

Discussion in 'Acer' started by joomak, May 7, 2011.

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I was cleaning my laptop and accidentally activated the Acer Arcade, which I did not know could start through XP. When exiting, it goes into XP hibernation mode. I get a Windows Boot Manager warning saying that something has changed and to use an installation disk. I have tried a number of solutions I have found on various forums including using a recovery disk, etc, to no avail.

My next option is to ALT+F10 and completely restore the system.

I upgraded many months ago from Vista to Window 7 32-bit.

It seems that this is a problem with other Acer laptops, but the solutions for those do not work as the 5739G doesn't have a hold button.

Any advice?

joomak, May 7, 2011

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TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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Welcome to the forums, joomak! I hope we can find an answer for you quickly.

The only way to completely exit out of Acer Arcade Instant-On without causing the hibernation nonsense is to press and hold down the power button. Not that it's documented anywhere...

It sounds like Instant-On caused your Windows 7 Boot Configuration Data (BCD) to go kerplooey.
If you can boot into any kind of fully functional Windows operating system, use EasyBCD to restore the original Win7 BCD.

TehSuigi, May 7, 2011

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