New Acer Lap Top came with Linux - How to Install Win 7?

[justme]

Ok, you need to enable that F12 key which will allow you to get into the boot menu when you start up. Here is one place that describes how to create a bootable usb drive. Once you get that going you should be able to install on the internal drive.
Create a Bootable Linux Flash Drive in Three Easy Steps | TechHive

Gotta go for a bit but will check back.

Great, I will use this tutorial then to mount the ISO image of Linux Mint onto my USB..

By the way, the USB I am using is:

"Transcend, JetFlash 700, USB 3.0, 8GB Flash Drive.
Up to 4X Faster than USB 2.0.
55 Read MB/s | 5 Write MB/s"

If it makes any difference, or if for some reason it's worth mentioning...

 

[justme]

NB: 32-bit does not support UEFI...

Erm... But my lap top is 32-bit, and UEFI is the only option available there...

How should I proceed then? I should use the tutorial you gave to mount Linux Mint, correct?

 

[justme]

Maybe I'm a little stupid but...

If my lap top is a 32-bit, I can only install a 32-bit version of an operating system...

However, if UEFI is the only Boot Mode supported, and it doesn't support 32-bit installations, then that means I should sue ACER for creating a useless machine, or the shop I bought this lap top from for telling me I can install Windows 7 on it when in fact I cannot?

I mean, haha, I must have something confused here, this is not possible..

 

[Superfly]

Why 32-bit? seems you have a 64-bit processor..

ARK | Intel® Pentium® Processor N3520 (2M Cache, up to 2.42 GHz)

 

[justme]

Why 32-bit? seems you have a 64-bit processor..

ARK | Intel® Pentium® Processor N3520 (2M Cache, up to 2.42 GHz)

In this tutorial here it explains a simple way to find out if your computer is a 32-bit or a 64-bit, in Linux...

How Do I Know if I?m Running 32-bit or 64-bit Linux? [Answers]

Here is what I get when I try it on my lap top:



And in the tutorial it states that:

"

• If the response is i686, you have a 32-bit version of Linux.
• If the response is x86_64, you have a 64-bit version of Linux.

"

That is how I came to the conclusion that I have a 32-bit lap top... But maybe the lap top is actually a 64-bit, but the Linux installation is a 32-bit? Ufff...


Guys, I'm not a computer technician, I'm a transcriber, mostly, so I get confused sometimes with these things, but I'm trying...

At the moment I am lost...


How should I proceed?

 

[Superfly]

Install a 64-bit OS - format USB with FAT32.

 

[justme]

Install a 64-bit OS - format USB with FAT32.

Ok, I'll download Linux Mint 64-bit and try that then...

 

[Superfly]

BTW the correct command is
uname -p
to find processor capability...

 

[adamf]

Adamf, you there? You may know more than me about Linux and how to get switched over to 7.

Blimey. No. The only Linux I use is CentOS and it is so complicated have to look every single thing in their forums.

If you have a bootable USB (of whatever - Mint, Windows) and it doesn't work I'm sorry but I have no idea.

Thanks for the thought but it beyond me what to do.

 

[justme]

BTW the correct command is
uname -p
to find processor capability...

I tried that just now, it shows the same thing as it did in the previous picture --> i686

 

[justme]

Adamf, you there? You may know more than me about Linux and how to get switched over to 7.

Blimey. No. The only Linux I use is CentOS and it is so complicated have to look every single thing in their forums.

If you have a bootable USB (of whatever - Mint, Windows) and it doesn't work I'm sorry but I have no idea.

Thanks for the thought but it beyond me what to do.

Merci beaucoup for at least taking the time to see if you can help me out...

I used to have a French ex-girlfriend, she taught me some French.

Je parle pa Francais

 

[popeye]

Install a 64-bit OS - format USB with FAT32.

BTW the correct command is
uname -p
to find processor capability...

Alright, somebody more familiar on board! Good catch on the 64 bit vs 32 bit. I'm going to just observe and learn now. Thanks for jumping in Superfly!

 

[popeye]

Adamf, you there? You may know more than me about Linux and how to get switched over to 7.

Blimey. No. The only Linux I use is CentOS and it is so complicated have to look every single thing in their forums.

If you have a bootable USB (of whatever - Mint, Windows) and it doesn't work I'm sorry but I have no idea.

Thanks for the thought but it beyond me what to do.

Lol, I tried.

 

[justme]

Okay, here I go:

1) I formatted the USB with "FAT32 (Default)".

2) Waiting for UNetbootin to Install Linux Mint 64-bit on my USB.

 

[Superfly]

BTW the correct command is
uname -p
to find processor capability...

I tried that just now, it shows the same thing as it did in the previous picture --> i686

Like I said that version of Linux sux... let see it we can get Mint or Windows 64 bit installed...

 

[popeye]

There is an updated BIOS on the Acer site:



Some kind of patch also.

 

[adamf]

I used to have a French ex-girlfriend

Back together then?

 

[adamf]

Like I said that version of Linux sux... let see it we can get Mint or Windows 64 bit installed...

Got to be the BIOS. If you can boot from USB then you can install anything (surely).

 

[justme]

I used to have a French ex-girlfriend

Back together then?

Ahaha no, ok that didn't come out right.

I Have a French ex-girlfriend... She's still an ex


The process with UNetbooting got stuck at 66%.. I just began it again...

 

[popeye]

I used to have a French ex-girlfriend

Back together then?

I got that, the old double negative trap.