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November 12th, 2025 12:49
Internal HDD Not Detected by BIOS- Dell Latitude 3510
Problem
After switching from Kali Linux to Windows 11 on my Dell Latitude 3510 (internal 1TB Toshiba HDD), the drive is no longer detected by Windows 11 or BIOS. However, when I boot from a Linux Mint USB, the HDD worked normally—can view, mount, read, write, and run SMART tests (reports healthy).
But, Today it disappears from Mint also. So, I have disabled SATA 0 port in BIOS.
The main thing is that when the drive was enabled my pc takes long time, sometimes hardboot to power on.
I have tried to format it in GPT but it does not work.
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narendramahara
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November 15th, 2025 04:42
@ejn63 I have removed the drive and reinstalled, after that it is showing in both BIOS and in windows 11. Do you know about any software that can check for any fault in drive?
ejn63
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November 13th, 2025 19:47
Sounds like a failing drive -- start with the Dell diagnostics, including a full surface test of the drive.
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November 15th, 2025 11:46
The Dell diagnostics (F12 at powerup) has a drive test feature.