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Dell XPS 420 will not boot

Started by Jb852 , Nov 17 2017 11:19 AM

Best Answer phillpower2 , 15 January 2018 - 12:41 PM

ERROR IN THE PREVIOUS POSTPhill sorry about this The Hard drives are not as described above they are in fact.Drive 1: a Seagate Barracuda 320 GB 7200rpmDrive 2: a Western Digital Caviar SE 16... Go to the full post »

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#151
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 11:54 AM

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OK good. Go back to main bios screen

Select SATA Mode
Change to AHCI

#152
Jb852

Posted 22 January 2018 - 11:58 AM

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Sorry it seemed to hang a little, maybe I didn't press the key properly
See photo for current screen

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#153
Jb852

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:02 PM

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I have no access to SATA mode

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#154
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:02 PM

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We need to get back to the main bios screen. Do not hit Ctrl I this time. Look for the system configuration menu, then Sata and you should see option to change from Raid, Ahci etc. Please post a pic me can use either mode and change once Windows is installed

Edited by dmccoy, 22 January 2018 - 12:03 PM.

#155
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:04 PM

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This is the page we are looking for

http://www.geekstogo...1515527760.jpeg

#156
Jb852

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:06 PM

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When I hit the esc key it brought me out to this

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#157
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:08 PM

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Hit f2 to go back into bios

#158
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:12 PM

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Done

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#159
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:14 PM

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Expand the drives option. Do you see anything about Sata mode?

#160
Jb852

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:17 PM

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I have: diskette drive

SATA 0 - 4

EXTERNAL sata

SATA Operation

#161
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:18 PM

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Choose sata operation and show me pic. I think we want it set to RAID Autodetect/ATA

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:21 PM

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Done

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#163
dmccoy

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:24 PM

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Change to Raid Auto detect and save your settings

#164
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:26 PM

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Are you still planning on using both drives? If so, which one do you want,to install Windows On? I would assume the smaller drive and use the other for data, backups etc

#165
Jb852

Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:32 PM

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#163: done

#164: quite honestly I dont know , Phill I believe has his doubts about the Seagate drive, and as for the WD ?

I am quite open to suggestions, even to the point of replacing one or both of the drives as I can get a 1TB seagate, which i believe are compatible for not a lot of money. The system is only used for software, I keep all of my documents on, and work to, a separate LAN based NAS

jim

Edited by Jb852, 22 January 2018 - 12:35 PM.