I'm back in UK next week so will remember to bring it this time! Normally I would put the drive into an external USB SATA enclosure and see if I can read it on my PC, but I left the power supply & mini USB lead back in UK when I brought the SATA enclosure over to Gran Canaria (Doh!) Is there any way to boot from USB and check if the problem is software/boot sector or something like that on the HDD or hardware? I am using Ultimate Boot CD on the bootable USB stick With the laptop in Bios Legacy mode I can get into the bios with the HDD refitted, the HDD is recognised correctly in the bios but the PC will not boot from it. Without either of these inserted I just get a message 'check cable' and 'no boot device' I set the bios Boot mode to Bios Legacy and now I can boot from a USB drive or DVD drive
I removed the HDD and then I could get into the bios. I see the Acer logo and 'press F2 to enter bios' but when I hit F2 the text goes away and I am still stuck on the Acer logo screen, even if I insert a bootable USB or DVD it would not boot.
When the boot mode was set to UEFI I couldn't even get into the bios. It has been dropped by the owner and it will not boot - the PC just hangs with the 'Acer - Explore the limits' screen.
