My W4-820 Iconia won't start... I think Windows is damaged or missing.

I intend to sell my tablet to my son, so I started a system reset. Don't know exactly what happened, even if I chose back to an earlier version of Windows. Now the unit won't start... after the Acer screen flash, it empties.

I've tried several things:

1A tried to install a USB which (I think) has both 32 and 64 bits Windows 10, downloaded with Microsoft Media creation tool. No joy.

2. created a cool USB with the media creation tool. No joy, once again.

3. I've tried several repair options using these tools. A couple of times, I've reached the point where Windows complains that it cannot start and offers advanced options. When I finally reached the point where I can boot from the USB key and receive a screen that offers you to install Windows, the touchscreen responds quite so I can not choose the option to continue with the installation.

4. I tried to boot from the recovery of Windows 8.1 DVD I received with the device. The towers of DVD and I can hear and feel the head of the research, but the Acer logo remains on the screen and finally goes out.

Late last night, I made an ISO of the recovery DVDs and Rufus to make a USB bootable, but then it was too late to try, so it will be tonight when I get home from work.

I have installed and reinstalled Windows 10 a couple of times on this tablet (it has sort of an experimental / test bed for me) and never had a problem remotely like that.

Is there anything else I can try, or something escapes me? Is it possible trying to boot from the SD card (I don't see this option in the boot options).

I think it's likely that you'll want to put a USB hub so that you can boot from USB and having a physical keyboard. And no, you can't boot from SD cards.

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