Reinstall Windows on Acer Predator laptop

[SuperKid]

Hi,

I am trying to reinstall Windows on my Acer Predator laptop (its 11th gen CPU and RTX gpu) but when I use the "Reset my PC" and chose the "Cloud Download" it appears to reset using an Acer specific image as it comes with a lot of advertisements and unwanted apps. I am trying to reset it as it has some issues crashing and I want to install Windows on its own and try using the latest drivers.

I tried putting Windows on a USB but the mouse doesn't show, so I tabbed my way through and then the SSD drives doesn't list. According to Acer 11th generation requires some additional Intel RST driver but not sure how I load that with the ISO to do a manual reinstall?

Any tips welcome!

 

[Stuman]

Go to the Acer website/support and enter your serial #. You want the "f6" FLOPPY DRIVERS. Copy and paste to your Windows USB drive and when your SSD does not show up look lower down and click on "Load Driver", navigate to the USB drive and the folder with the F6 drivers.  The touchpad on the laptop should work without drivers. Hope this helps.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Can't you just switch UFI settings and set the NVME / SSD mode from Raid to ACHI.

what would be the point of having it in Intel RST anyway? Is it using anyway Intel® Optane memory?

Is the laptop running two solid state drives in raid?

If not, then ACHI mode should work fine and the windows install shouldn't require any drivers to see the drive.

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What can Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) give you?
Intel® RST offers you new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple hard drives, you can take advantage of enhanced performance and power consumption that is lower. When using more than one drive, you can have additional protection against data loss in the event of a hard drive failure.

Claims to offer enhanced performance and power consumption. 

[SuperKid]

I managed to load the RST drivers manually. I am not sure if its in RAID or AHCI its as far as I know its all whatever the factory defaults are

[Lucy_Oscar]

Hold down the ALT key while pressing it. Press the Power button while holding the ALT key, then swiftly press and hold the F10 key repeatedly until the Acer Blue boot screen shows. Choosing "Troubleshooting" Choose "Reset this PC."

[SuperKid]

On 17/02/2023 at 12:14, Lucy_Oscar said:

Hold down the ALT key while pressing it. Press the Power button while holding the ALT key, then swiftly press and hold the F10 key repeatedly until the Acer Blue boot screen shows. Choosing "Troubleshooting" Choose "Reset this PC."

Ah, this is the Acer recovery method? I assume this reinstalls all the rubbish that comes with the laptop. In this case I wanted to do a clean install entirely. I resolved it by download the RST drivers and putting them on the same USB stick as the Windows installation, then pressing "Load drivers" (or similar) and selecting the folder.