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Dell XPS stuck at Preparing to enter BIOS setup
I recently expanded my C drive backwards with the EaseUS partition master and after a reboot, it is now stuck at just the dell logo or a 25% full progress bar when entering the Boot Menu or BIOS Setup....
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Update Dell XPS 13 POST Bitmap Image
I have a Dell XPS 13 9360 running multiple OS's (Win10, Ubuntu and Arch) and would like to change the image displayed when the computer boots up and performs a Power On Self Test.
Currently, it just ...
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Dell XPS 630i will not boot into bios and sounds beeps
I have a Dell XPS 603i which was my fathers. One day it just died and I have been trying to figure out why.
A few things I have done/found is:
both hard drives when connected to another computer are ...
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PC starts but Windows doesn't, have to go to bios and select boot drive each time, how to fix?
I was installing windows 10 using a usb on a windows 7 device. It said there were no upgrades found during installation and said to take out usb and it should restart so I did that. Once the PC ...
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Dell Bios messed up. Recovery fails. Now what?
I've got a Dell xps13 which I bought new about 4 months ago. It's a "Developer Edition", so it came with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Today it suddenly didn't awake from sleep anymore. The keyboard ...
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Dell XPS One 2710 stuck at Dell Logo
my Dell All-In-One PC XPS One 2710 (manufactured in 2014) suddenly won't boot anymore and is stuck at the Dell Logo Screen.
I can't enter the BIOS or the boot menu. When i hit F2 or F12 a loading bar ...
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Dell BIOS Has Random Dollar Signs on Boot Up
On my older Dell XPS 630i, I get some strange boot up behavior that is causing me to be unable to install Ubuntu 16 LTS or 18 LTS. Windows 7 runs fine with no graphical hitches at all. I don't know ...
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Laptop not booting from any bootable device (UEFI broken?)
I was trying to install Debian in a dual boot with the already installed Windows 10 on my laptop. Now when I boot up the PC it shows the Dell logo and the options to press F2 for Setup and F12 for ...
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How can I get a Dell XPS 8300 to boot from some medium?
I recently attempted to install Windows 10 Technical Preview on my Dell XPS 8300. Before the installer there was a blank partition, some windows7 partitions, and an ubuntu install. Issues occurred ...
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Dell XPS laptop BIOS complains after installing SSD
I installed a Samsung 830 SSD in my XPS L501X and now every time it boots, after the logo screen it beeps twice, rattles the DVD drive and displays this message (and nothing else)
Press <F1> to ...
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Dell XPS 710 - Boot Device Not Available
Recently I was gifted a Dell XPS 710 tower running WinXP SP3. It was running fine until today when I restarted and received a blue screen and the error "unmountable boot volume". In order to fix this ...
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