I've tried fixing it as per YouTube instructions to counteract the problem but in the BIOS there are no boot prior order options?
This is a total hard drive failure. Replace it.
SOURCE: Aspire 5315, no bootable device, PXE-E61 media test failure,
With any standard laptop (your Aspire included) the default boot disk should be set to drive C:
If the system is not finding drive C:, the boot sector may be damage or the drive may have failed completely.
Depending on your operating system (probably Win XP for this one) you can make a boot disk on a friend's optical drive and change the boot sequence in the BIOS setup to your optical drive.
Just make sure the disk you've made is compatible with the drive in your Aspire; such as CD - DVD+-, etc.
Once you can get some kind of prompt, either from a basic Desktop or just E:\ from your boot CD, try typing in "C:" (without the quotes) to see if it is accessible.
If not, the drive may be bad.
If the drive is still readable, you have more work to do to restore the damaged boot sector.
SOURCE: Acer Aspire One Insert boot disk
well u really cant put in a disc, you said you have the aspire one that means it doesn,t have a disc drive . Thats the way it was made
SOURCE: my acer aspire one says no bootable device
This sounds awful, but a friend just had the same problem - no bootable device. He had dropped it, hitting keyboard first. Now he thumped it on the opposite side and IT WORKED! Must have been a loose connector
SOURCE: my acer aspire 4810t says no bootable device
enter BIOS - you will see a mesage when you first turn on laptop tellign you to press a key to enter setup. Do this and make sure HDD is listed. if it is, you might have todo a recovery.
Turn on laptop, then immediatly press ALT + F10 keep finger on ALT and press F10 a few times, this will start the recovery process. some ask if you want to re-install windows or full factory reset. Windows install will only repair it - full factory reset will delete any data you have! so be careful
SOURCE: Acer Aspire One AOD150 Won't Boot
The netbook is trying to find a bootable device. It cannot read the hard drive, so it started looking for a network hard drive to boot from, since it did not find that it continued down the line until it asked if you wanted to go to recovery. Most likely you have lost your hard drive and the netbook is simply trying to find the next boot device.
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Hi Lundi Mfana, I want to help you with your question, but I need more information from you. Can you please add details in the comment box?
In particular, we need to know the exact model of Acer Aspire you have so we can check the BIOS layout and give you better instructions and options for remedy.
It's an Acer A315-31 notebook computer
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