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burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:03 PM

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I have an Alienware 17 R3 laptop.

Recently it shut off and now cant boot to windows. I did diagnostics and RAM is fine.

This is BIOS. It recognises HDD, but I dont think it recognises SSD. Windows was on the SSD. What do I do?

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:06 PM

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burnt lodge I have an Alienware 17 R3 laptop. Recently it shut off and now cant boot to win...

reinstalll it

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or maybe ur ssd corrupted

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:06 PM

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How do I fix that?

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:07 PM

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shrewd hazel reinstalll it

Yeah, but BIOS doesn’t recognise any SSD.

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:08 PM

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burnt lodge Yeah, but BIOS doesn’t recognise any SSD.

non of them?

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:08 PM

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shrewd hazel non of them?

Only HDD

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:08 PM

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well

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get a new ssd

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or

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u got any othr laptop or pc?4

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:09 PM

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shrewd hazel u got any othr laptop or pc?4

My family has other laptops

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The SSD dead?

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:09 PM

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yh

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just

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maybe try to throw the boost ssd in that lapto

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laptop and check

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if doesnt work ur doomed

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:10 PM

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shrewd hazel maybe try to throw the boost ssd in that lapto

U mean take the ssd from this one and put in other laptop? I cant void the warranty on the other laptop

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:10 PM

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wait

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lol u still under warrenty

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well

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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not this laptop

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The other ones

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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what ssd ur laptpo got

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like the hdd type port r

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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shrewd hazel like the hdd type port r

Huh?

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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its nvme

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or sata?

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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Idk.

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:11 PM

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;-;

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:12 PM

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But i think it would show sata on the bios

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But it only shows m.2

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:12 PM

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its m.2

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nvm

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its mostly dead

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:12 PM

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okay

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:12 PM

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go to a repair shop they can check if its ded or not

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mostly it is

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:12 PM

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Sure

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:13 PM

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so be rdy to get windows iso rdy and to buy new m.2 ssds

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wait both not working?4

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or u got only 1

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:13 PM

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Hdd is working

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Ssd is not

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:13 PM

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no u got both m.2 ssds or only 1

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:13 PM

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Ive got only 1 ssd

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This laptop is like 5 years old

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:14 PM

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then open ur laptop and change it to the other slot

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if still no work then get a new m.2

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Okay

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I got it running

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I restarted it a couple of times

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The force restarted

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:18 PM

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AYEE

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so wait

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did the slot change work

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or just normaly it worked

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@burnt lodge

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:19 PM

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Normally

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Idk how thats supposed to work

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:20 PM

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wait

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then ur m.2 drive is not properly connected

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:20 PM

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shrewd hazel then ur m.2 drive is not properly connected

Never has been opened or dropped

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:21 PM

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shake ur laptop a bit and try to start it again

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if it doesnt then its ur drive not properly connected

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but if still works then idk its magik

burnt lodge Jan 1, 2023, 2:22 PM

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It works

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After shaking

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Very weird

shrewd hazel Jan 1, 2023, 2:22 PM

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its magik

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be happy its working :D

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