PCIe SSD compatibility with Dell XPS 8300
I have a XPS 8300 and would like to upgrade to a SSD. All 4 of my SATA connectors on the motherboard are currently used for HDD and DVD, so my question is: if I buy a PCIe SSD, can I plug it into the...
View Articleadd a blu-ray drive to my XPS8910
HiI have just purchased an XPS 8910 with a normal optical drive, i now want to add a Blu-Ray writer/reader can you please give info on which one to buy also any new cables i might need, thanks.Bigkeithx.
View ArticleSlow transfer rate on a Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB ATA disk.
Howdy,I was advised by Dell to by a Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB ATA disk. I installed this disk as HDD2 in my Dell Precision M6700 (intel I7). I am running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition.I copied a large...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 5567 cannot detect hard drive
HiI was playing some games on my laptop, and I had to go do something, so I closed the lid of my laptop, to put it to sleep. When I came back a couple hours later, I had realised that the laptop its...
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Inspiron 3521 Bluetooth not working
Hello Dell suport,I know the question has already been asked before but no solution offered throughout the threads worked on my comp. I got an Inspiron 3521 and the bluetooth will not detect any...
View ArticleCan I access my old laptop's hard drive externally?
I have an old laptop that cannot turn on anymore. I was wondering if I take out the hard drive, will i be able to plug it in to my new laptop with an adapter to access my files? Another question I have...
View Articlei cannot get into my laptop it has a virus keeping me out
i cannot get into my laptop it has a virus keeping me outi have taken the hard drive out to plug into my desktopto run a virus check on it but no accsess to hard drive HELP
View ArticleInstall 2nd hard drive in Dell Inspiron 620
Recently my Dell Inspiron 620 would run very slow or freeze up. I ran the diagnostic test and got error code 2000-0142 (hard drive failure). The startup repair did not fix it. I installed a new hard...
View ArticleDell inspiron 7559 making weird noises.
Hello all, Recently i have purchased a dell inspiron 7559 laptop, and I had been hearing some audible(yet faint) read head sounds from the SSHD. I thought it was normal until i heard some faint...
View ArticleBDROM
I have the alienware x51 R3. I got the dvd+rw but want to upgrade it to the internal bluray that was offered. Does anyone know what kind of bluray drive I can install inside it (make/model)? I've...
View ArticleInspiron 2350 BIOS
Hi, My Inspiron 2350 came with an SSHD drive and an empty mSATA slot. I'm trying to clone the SSHD onto an mSATA SSD and use that for the OS and then my old SSHD for data only.I'm finding it very hard...
View ArticleWindows Boot Manager error message
http://imgur.com/a/aJMFXI downloaded this (below) to try and solve the error that appeared.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISOWhile using the samsung data migration tool (I...
View ArticleRugged Book 5414 HDD
I'm trying to clone hard drives on new Latitude Rugged Book 5414 laptops, and need a USB adapter to do so. Upon removing the solid state drive, I noticed that it does not use a SATA connector. Looks...
View ArticleInspiron 7559 SSD
Hello! I recently purchased this laptop. Despite what the Amazon page says, I can't seem to find any evidence that the computer actually has a small SSD inside and it seems Windows was installed on the...
View Article2nd HDD in optical slot
I have an Inspiron 5567 with 256Gb SSD.Can I replace the optical disc with a 2Tb Seagate in a caddy???If not, can the drives be swapped, and boot from the SSD in the optical slot.Thanks in anticipation.
View ArticleReplace Hard Drive
I have a Inspiron 530, can I remove the 500GB hard drive and replace it with a 1TB hare drive.mmarty
View Articledisc Dell provided to change password to computer
i no longer have floppy disc Dell provided with purchase; how do I change the password without disc?
View ArticleCHECKING MEDIA ON BOOTUP NO ERRORS
HOW TO RID IT OF DISPLAYING THE CHECKING MEDIA MESSAGE,I might have accidentally changed a setting in bios
View ArticleInspiron 7559 not detecting Samsung 960 Evo M.2
My Inspiron 7559 is not detecting Samsung 960 Evo M.2. I have updated the BIOS and also intel drivers and Dell drivers. I have also tried to disable SATA (as I read this might help) however in BIOS...
View ArticleNo bootable device discovered after Samsung SSD installed in Dell 3250 Inspiron.
Just installed a Samsung 850 EVO Pro into a brand new Dell 3250. Get the no bootable device found error. Cloned the original HDD using Samsung migration software. Anyone else having the same problem?
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