How to Fix a Dell That Says - Hard Drive Not Detected Or Hard Drive Not Installed

How to fix a Dell that says hard drive , not detected , not installed or not found a Dell technician .

The first thing I would do is I'd hit the power button and start tapping on F two to enter the bio settings to adjust them to help fix this problem .

I'm gonna show you the Dell way of repairing this .

So save yourself some money and watch my video instead of hiring a technician to come to your house because this is the exact thing we do want to call .

All right , going into bios Dell lists , improper bios setting is the number one reason for boot problems .

So as you see , I clicked on boot sequence , I made sure that my bootless option if I'm using Windows 10 is on UEF I and that Windows boot manager is listed first need this or sometimes it will be listed as your hard or drive or your solid state drive .

As you can see , this is listed first if it is not listed first , adjust your boot sequence so that it is the next thing for Windows 10 uh enable legacy option is off also right here .

The date and time that's always a good thing to check .

Make sure that's accurate .

Minus next for Windows 10 , you would make sure that secure boot is enabled .

Once you've done all these things hit , apply and ok , and save them if they are not as follows , make sure you adjust that .

The next thing is you can see them going to security .

Oh , sorry , this is the wrong one .

Whoops .

E I'm going to system configuration , Satter operation but these settings cause a lot of boot problems .

A HC I needs to be set on .

If you don't have Radon , if you have Radon , it needs to be set on Radon .

So you would hit Radon apply .

Now if you aren't sure try each setting , hit , apply , save and exit .

And if the boot problem goes away , you have the right setting .

So switch between the two , whichever one works is the right one for you .

And it's that simple .

Now , save and exit .

Now , let's review .

This is a list of what your bio setting should be .

If you have windows 10 , here's the list , if you have Windows eight and I'll show you a list of windows seven .

Now keep in mind , you know how to adjust these settings , just make sure to sync them up with these lists .

Now , back to what we're doing .

The next step I would do as a Dell trained technician is I hit power .

I would tap on F 12 .

All right .

Let's zoom .

In boom , an hour narrow down to diagnostics and I would run a quick built in scan .

This is why you bought a doll .

You didn't realize it , but this is why this built in diagnostic .

It's wonderful .

It tells you everything that's wrong with your computer .

So you would go through this whole thing .

It takes about depending on the computer 7 to 15 minutes .

But I'm gonna skip to the end , we can see the results .

Ok ?

Now , at the end it's going to tell you , do you want to continue with this super long memory test test ?

I don't do it .

It's not necessary I hit no .

Now oftentimes it'll give you an error .

Mine all test pass .

But I'm gonna go over to hit that arrow and show you what it would look like if something failed .

So for example , if your hard drive failed a big cause for boot problems , you installed your operating system , it put strain on your hard drive and bam any problems became evident or your memory is another reason why .

So if there's an X or an exclamation point next to one of these , you probably need to replace one .

I know .

Super sad .

My hard drive said oh the worst I know .

But we have a video in the list in down below that shows you how to replace a hard drive or a solid state drive .

Also , we have a video on the screen being black that shows you how to go ahead and replace or upgrade these components .

I know it's a pain in the butt to replace these if they die .

But you could look at it as an opportunity to upgrade your computer to a nicer hard drive or a solid state drive or more memory .

So it's not the worst case scenario .

It's not the worst thing in the world .

So check out our videos down below the black screen .

One shows you how to do the memory and the hard drive and the solid state one are in the listing below .

So that is what we would do if you had a boot problem .

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