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Fix: Acer Swift 3 laptop cannot boot from a USB flash drive

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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If your computer stops working due to a compromised operating system or if it is a new computer that you are just setting up, you can use the bootable flash drive to install the operating system.

And if your Acer Swift 3 for some reasonfails to boot, you can boot it using a bootable flash drive. What if your Acer Swift 3 fails toboot using USB? What do you do in this case?

You’ve reached the right place to know how to boot your Acer Swift 3 using USB.

What can I do if my Acer Swift 3 cannot boot from a USB flash drive?

1. Unplug all USB devices

Your Acer Swift 3 cannot boot from USB due to some interference, so unplug all USB devices, including the USB keyboard and mouse.

Now plug them in one by one and make sure all the USB devices don’t cause interference. Also, make sure your Acer Swift 3 works normally.

2. Change the boot order

3. Turn on Legacy Boot

4. Make the primary partition active

diskpart

select disk 0The number0represents the system disk number.

list partition 1The number 1 represents the system partition number.

active

If the primary partition was not set asactiveinitially, then the Acer computers may showno bootable device. After following the above steps, the system partition will be set to active. Now restart your computer and check if the error persists.

5. Repair the faulty MBR

6. Use the SFC command

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c: /offwindir=c:windows

Dism /Image:C:offline /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:testmountwindows

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:testmountwindows /LimitAccess

The above commands will scan your hard drive for file corruption and repair any corrupted files that are preventing Windows from booting up properly.

Acer, Dell, and other computers from other manufacturers sometimes fail to boot. By updating the BIOS you can generally fix the issue.

But, if you are trying to update the BIOS using the USB flash drive and even if it fails then you can try other alternatives such as using the Windows installation media or you can create the installation media for yourself by downloading it fromMicrosoft Windows download page.

Fix: Acer Swift 3 laptop cannot boot from a USB flash drive#

What can I do if my Acer Swift 3 cannot boot from a USB flash drive?#

1. Unplug all USB devices#

2. Change the boot order#

3. Turn on Legacy Boot#

4. Make the primary partition active#

5. Repair the faulty MBR#

6. Use the SFC command#