Is my laptop refusing to turn on or not showing up in the BIOS when I use a third-party app to split up my SSD?
Is my laptop refusing to turn on or not showing up in the BIOS when I use a third-party app to split up my SSD?
I have a Dell Vostro 15 3000. After fixing my SSD with extra software, my laptop won't start after the Dell logo appears. I tried pressing F2 or F12 to reach BIOS setup but it stays on the Dell screen. So I thought something was wrong with my SSD and took out the drive, which let me boot past the logo and into BIOS. But now it says no devices are ready for startup. I had a spare hard drive so I put that in and installed Windows there. If I plug in my old SSD back in, I get stuck on the Dell screen again, can't access the menu, and I can't change which one starts up because I still want to run from my HDD instead of the new SSD. How do I fix this?
What's this extra program doing? Why are we taking apart the hard drive? If you really don't care about that software, just wipe everything and start over with Windows on your SSD instead.
I cannot perform a new operating system installation because getting started is very hard. To make a fresh OS install, I need to go into the BIOS settings first, and that step is not working for me right now. Every time I press the key to open the BIOS menu, it keeps trying to load but gets stuck on the Dell logo screen without finishing.