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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    I tried wintobootic but nothing is booting when i plug the flash drive in, all i am left with is a blue box saying 'Default boot device missing or boot failed' When i put the windows recovery drive in it dose go to the next page and give me the option to reset pc but this however dose not...
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    I have got no where to select the memory stick just Setup utility.
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    Ok it is not doing the installation again can you give me a run down on what to do again? Just when i turn the laptop on?
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    Ok laptop ran out of charge whilst through installing, now it has blue message box saying Default boot Device Missing or boot failed. Insert Recovery Media and hit any key Then Select 'boot manager' to choose a new boot device or to boot recovery media. Any suggestions?
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    It is showing "Getting everything ready for you" at the moment. How will i check if it is activated.
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    That's just done the same for me, it read the licence key from the BIOS. Is it still going to be 30 day trial?
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    Just one more questions i have another laptop which is window 7 and has the product key written on the window sticker. Is it just the case of booting from usb stick with the windows 7 on and entering the product key?
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    It just got the logo windows 8 sticker. No product key on it, ill give it go, what do i need to put on the usb drive?
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    Replacing hard drive on acer e1-522

    I have been trying to recover it using a recovery usb drive. I think it is not possible is it? Is it the case of buying a version of windows 8 and just installing onto the hard drive? Also like i said i paid £16 for the recovery download which is burned onto disc for the Acer e1-522 window 8...