Acer Aspire One problem

Acer Aspire One model ZG5.
Not sure but think machine was shut down improperly. It now when powered up
a beeping bell like tone sounds for about 15 + seconds, then after about 2 minutes
eventually boots. As it goes into the booting a series "]17" display across the top
of the screen.
Any helpful ideas will be appreciated.

tia
oldcity

 

A first glance it looks like a keyboard problem “sticking keys”
however if you say it happened after a bad shut down.

Go to the start button, and type restore, try to restore to an earlier time.

Please report back if this does not resolve the problem.

We will try some more things

 

I guess I got ahead of myself. The machine had XP on it and the above problem was on it.
In my haste I installed Linux Mint 17.1. The problem persists. Once it eventually boots into
Linux MInt it runs just fine.

 

You could reformat the machine using a program called “super fdisk”
freely available just search for it on the internet,
it will need to be put onto a cd then run from the cd.


This would allow you to clear all the partitions, just in case
something on one of the partitions are problematic.

If this does not work ,then it's more than likely to be a keyboard fault.

Videos on how to replace the keyboard are on YouTube.

It's easy to do yourself. Costs about £10 or $15

 

Sorry for delay getting back to you. Real life.
Thanks for the suggestion. The machine does not have a CD drive.
What do you think about doing the DD command to wipe the drive
then doing format from the Linux Mint system?

 

There is another ms dos route you could take,that is to download a program called
rufus, and then download a program called freedos fd1src 1.1.

http://www.freedos.org/download/

http://rufus.akeo.ie/



Download FREEDOS

Using a new formatted usb drive, open rufus 2.1 it will be already setup to go
SELECT the freedos iso file then click start.

Reboot your laptop into the usb drive.

Agree to install on harddrive option.

Choose “n” then use fdisk press 4 see the partitions installed.

remove none dos partitions first followed be the others

You can now install any new operating system knowing you are
starting with a clean hard drive.

 

As a followup to my problem as earlier stated.

Using an Aser Aspire One ZG5. It has no cd/dvd drive.

It seems the machine was shut down improperly and was
using Windows XP at the time.

When powering up an electronic sound is sounded. It took
a very long time to boot up. Being impatient I installed
another operating system.

I installed Linux MInt 17.1 (Rebecca). The problem
persists. The boot sequence is as follows:
Power up. I let it run for 2 minutes then did a hard power down.

Again powered up, electronic tone sounded. I pressed
the enter key 3 times and a short string of "[[17"
error messages show I pressed the enter key 3 times and
the Linux Mint logo presented blinking. I pressed enter
3 times, blinking stopped and the machine continued and
booted into Linux Mint and runs just fine.

I am not a windows person. I read the suggestions earlier
re: "super fdisk' and "Rufus. These appear to either be no
longer supported and or for useage with DOS.
Again machine has no cd/dvd drive.

I used the Linux command "fdisk -l" to determine drive name. (sda).
Then used the command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda". This command
wipes and fills in zero's.

Any further help gratefully accepted.

 

The rufus and freedos process is designed to be installed, and used on a usb device.

When you turn on your computer press f2 see if in the “boot menu”the f12
function is invoked, if not invoke it, then save, and reboot.

Now turn on then immediately press f12 this should now list the usb flash drive
use it as stated above.

 

I believe I followed your instructions. When I downloaded
and viewed the items freedos and Rufus I noted that Rufus
was an ".exe" program. Linux is unable to run an ".exe" program.

Thanks for your help.
oldcity

 

Here's a web page to help you run windows within linux it may help.

http://www.howtogeek.com/133515/4-ways-to-run-windows-software-on-linux/?PageSpeed=noscript

I DO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS WHEN WORKING WITH DIFFERENT SYSTEMS.

http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/#downloads


Rufus will install a fully autonomous boot section on the flash drive. Pressing f12 this should now list the usb flash drive,If you choose the usb drive.

The program will load straight to ram bypassing your installed linux. there is no need for linux or any operating system to be installed on the machine.

If it does not then the sequence of PROGRAMS you have downloaded is not working properly.retry.

 

Maybe I'm making too much of all this.
Is this the correct procedure?

Format USB Drive

Download Freedos
Download Rufus

Make Freedos bootable on Usb Drive
Copy Rufus to USB Drive

Reboot machine and make USB Drive the boot device

Agree to install on harddrive
I thought everything was being done from the USB Drive?

Choose "n" then use fdisk pressing 4 to see
partitions installed.


The "remove quote" from your instructions:
"remove none dos partitions first followed be the others"
Is "none" a typo?

Harddrive partitioned as follows:

Partition File System
sda1 ext4
sda2 extended
sda5 linux-swap

 

I am not to familiar with the syntax of linux so have included the links to running
windows from linux..

Here's an example of the view you should be seeing when you have opened
the rufus program.

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

As you can see the section of the program create a bootable disk using an iso image.
All you have to do is to click on the icon to the right showing a cd and drive icon.

Choose the file location of the freedos fd1src 1.1 iso file you have downloaded on to your computer.

Then click start.

When it's finished you will have created a bootable flash drive.

Reboot your laptop into the usb drive.

Agree to install on harddrive option.

Choose “n” then use fdisk press 4 see the partitions installed.

remove none dos partitions “i.e linux partitions”. first followed be the others

You can now install any new operating system knowing you are
starting with a clean hard drive.