Well, I learned that SupportAssist OS Recovery download image for a USB drive only contains the empty partitions for the factory image, with a raw Windows boot partition. Although I watched that image download, saying it was downloading drivers, and although I saw that it created a Recovery partition, both of these were almost useless.
When the OS Recovery completed, it did boot into a very minimal "Out of the Box Windows Experience". But there was effectively no Dell driver support for this Inspiron and Windows was old, not having basic native drivers for minimal function. These things did not work, because there were no drivers: WiFi (AX201), Bluetooth (AX201), Touchpad, Sound. Without network, it's kinda hard to get the machine working.
And Windows Recovery informed me that there is no Recovery data available, to reset the machine to Factory. I had hoped that this SupportAssist OS Recovery would make the newly replaced SSD ready with everything it would have had from the factory.
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August 15th, 2021 12:00
Well, I learned that SupportAssist OS Recovery download image for a USB drive only contains the empty partitions for the factory image, with a raw Windows boot partition. Although I watched that image download, saying it was downloading drivers, and although I saw that it created a Recovery partition, both of these were almost useless.
When the OS Recovery completed, it did boot into a very minimal "Out of the Box Windows Experience". But there was effectively no Dell driver support for this Inspiron and Windows was old, not having basic native drivers for minimal function. These things did not work, because there were no drivers: WiFi (AX201), Bluetooth (AX201), Touchpad, Sound. Without network, it's kinda hard to get the machine working.
And Windows Recovery informed me that there is no Recovery data available, to reset the machine to Factory. I had hoped that this SupportAssist OS Recovery would make the newly replaced SSD ready with everything it would have had from the factory.
(Sigh!)