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Title: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: newtusmaximus on February 21, 2019, 01:17:52 PM

Pensioner has an Acer Aspire E5-511 (4GB RAM) 500 GB HDD  64 bit Intel CPU,  currently on Win 10. Originally sold with Win 8

Given me 8GB USB stick on which I am to load LL4.2 for him to try out live i.e insert into usb port and boot up lappy  without him having to do anything else.  Trying to avoid confusion for him ( and me :) ).
Which Iso should I down load?   EFi  version  or standard please.?
Thanks.

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: firenice03 on February 21, 2019, 05:17:36 PM

If you have it in hand, boot to the BIOS and confirm if it has UEFI/Secureboot - If so, YES to the UEFI.. Although I would assume the UEFI version should boot on either..

This links appears its UEFI.. https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/462808/access-bios-acer-aspire-e15-e5-573-with-windows-10 (https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/462808/access-bios-acer-aspire-e15-e5-573-with-windows-10)
As the E5 series.. and may have different??
https://www.balticdata.lv/Gfx/ProductFiles/P3050-Acer_Aspire_E5-571_887899646638_instrukcija.pdf (https://www.balticdata.lv/Gfx/ProductFiles/P3050-Acer_Aspire_E5-571_887899646638_instrukcija.pdf)

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: newtusmaximus on February 21, 2019, 06:08:16 PM

Thank you firenoce03.  Unfortunately I don't have the laptop to hand.   So will play safe and go for UEFI version.  Will come back later with outcome.

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: Jerry on February 21, 2019, 06:45:07 PM

You can use the UEFI version regardless. If you don't have UEFI, then it falls back to BIOS mode.

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: newtusmaximus on February 21, 2019, 06:56:33 PM

Thanks Jerry.  Setting it up now.  Test on the Lappy at weekend

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: trinidad on February 22, 2019, 09:05:36 AM

If OEM OS was Windows 8 it is EFI. However if you are not dual booting you may be able to install the non-EFI version. The BIOS may offer the options.

TC

Title: Re: acer aspire E5-511 is it efi start up?
Post by: TheDead on February 22, 2019, 10:32:16 AM

Hi,

When one ISO if not enough... ;)

If playing around with Multiple ISOs (and have a internal 2.5" HDD lying around ;) ) I use this to have multiple ISOs on a single HDD.
https://www.amazon.com/Iodd-Iodd2531-Black-Virtual-Enclosures/dp/B00TDJ4BJU (https://www.amazon.com/Iodd-Iodd2531-Black-Virtual-Enclosures/dp/B00TDJ4BJU)
It's a USB3 2.5" hardrive enclosure with an ISO selector. It's the same company that makes the identical Zalman model but reviews say firmware is better on the IODD.

I have also uses this if you only have one USB key. It's software but works on many ISO files :
http://www.easy2boot.com/download/
 (http://www.easy2boot.com/download/)Note : Some say that the key has to be less than 128GB, but I don't have a big a key to try.

Cheers!
Modified: Corrected post layout.