No Bootable Device in Acer Device? 5 Expert Solutions to Fix

Recently, a few Acer laptop users are facing a critical issue, and due to this, they are not able to format their system. It is the no bootable device Acer, which appears with a few additional options. And, they are “Press F1 key to retry boot”, “Press F2 key for setup utility”, and “Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics”. It seems that you are also facing this error on your Acer laptop. 

The possible reasons for the improper boot order, an inactive disk partition, bad sectors in the internal hard disk drive, corrupted MBR, corrupted system files, malicious files, and many more. The error generally takes place when you insert the bootable storage device into your Acer laptop. To fix the issue, feel free to go through the solutions. 

Effective Solutions to Fix the Issue

To fix the no bootable device Acer, you need to go through all the solutions given below. While performing them one after another, you will boot the OS from the bootable device on the Acer laptop. 

Solution 1: Detach all the Extra USB Devices

Including Acer, most laptops have 3 to 4 USB slots on both sides of the device. If you are using an additional USB mouse, keyboard, cooler, external HDD, and others, USB priority conflicts can occur. Thus, the bootable storage device via USB doesn’t perform correctly, and you witness the “no bootable device Acer” error message after system restart. 

First, detach the bootable storage device, and restart your system. After that, detach all the additional USB devices from the laptop. Re-attach the bootable storage device and reboot the system. Hopefully, you will not witness the error message again. 

Solution 2: Loose Connection in the USB

If there are any loose connections within the USB slots of the Acer laptop, the “no bootable device Acer” error message will appear. So, this is a hardware issue, and you must not try to tweak it. Call the experts/professionals of Acer, and they will look into the matter. 

Solution 3: Change the Boot Order

The Boot Order change might help you resolve the “no bootable device Acer” error message. You have to insert the bootable storage device into the Acer laptop to do so. Hold the power button for 5 seconds until it turns off; wait for a while and power it on. When the Acer logo appears, keep pressing F2, and the system will enter into its BIOS mode. A list of options is present on the screen, as you can see. On the right-hand side, it’s written: “Change the order”. Select USB mode and Exit. Hopefully, now Windows will load all the necessary files. 

Solution 4: Reset the Active Primary HDD Partition

There are two types of partition on your Acer laptop – Primary and Secondary. The primary partition denotes the partition of the system drive. And, the rest of the drives are secondary. With the help of the Command Prompt, you can reset the active primary partition. Hopefully, this will eliminate the “no bootable device Acer”. So, run the Command Prompt as an administrator. Now, type the following commands: 

diskpart

select disk 0

list partition 1

active

The 0 represents the disk number, whereas 1 represents the partition number. Now, type Exit and close the Command Prompt. Restart your system to save changes. After that, check whether the error persists or not.

Solution 5: Repair the Damaged MBR

MBR is the boot sector on your HDD that has all the necessary information about the partitions, sectors and many more. If the MBR is damaged somehow, then the “no bootable device Acer” issue can take place. So, you have to repair it with the help of some commands. Open the Command Prompt first. After that type bootrec/fixmbr. This command will make the first attempt to fix the boot records. 

Then, type bootrec/fixboot, this command will fix the Boot menu. The scanning process will initiate with the help of bootrec/scanos. Lastly, in order to rebuild the BCD, type bootrec/rebuildbcd. 

If the above commands don’t work, then here are some additional commands for you to fix the issue. 

bcdedit /export C:BCD_Backup

c:

cd boot

attrib bcd -s -h -r

ren c:bootbcd bcd.old

bootrec /RebuildBcd

After running these commands, hopefully, the error will not occur again. You will be able to format and reinstall the OS, easily. 

Additional Fixes

Clean the system cache either with the help of a cache cleaning application or manually. In addition to that, malware and other kinds of viruses can lead to the issue. At regular intervals, don’t forget to scan your computer in order to stay protected from various types of threats. Lastly, at least thrice a week, update your antivirus to get all the latest virus definitions.