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djuro_vukotic_
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December 13th, 2020 08:00
DELL E6420 SSD problem
Hello guys,
I have LATITUDE E6420 laptop (i7-2620M, 8GB DDR3). I wanted to replace HDD with SSD. I bought Kingston A400 240GB SATA III SSD. I changed my bios, sata controller to AHCI (it was on RAID on), and booted my USB in UEFI mode. System was installed on SSD, but after installation, my laptop won't find SSD, it says something like there is not bootable device. I saw someone already told that it can be mechanical problem, because of SSD dimensions, but my laptop sees SSD in instalation menu. Does someone know what can i do? P. S. I upgraded BIOS to A25 version. Thank you all!
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Posted December 13th, 2020 09:00
Is there any way i can completely change system BIOS? Can i get OS while SSD is inside or i have to go back to HDD?
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Posted December 13th, 2020 10:00
I do not understand your question.
For a laptop of that age, I would use Rufus to create a bootable USB for installation of Windows 10 with Legacy BIOS.
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Posted December 13th, 2020 11:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @djuro_vukotic_
You do not need to use Rufus.
All you need is a 8GB USB flash drive.
I format the flash drive FAT32 using MiniAide.
https://download.cnet.com/MiniAide-Fat32-Formatter/3000-2094_4-75701815.html
Download the W10 ISO to the flash drive.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Power-on the laptop and tap the " f2 " key to enter the BIOS.
Set SATA configuration to AHCI, save and exit.
Insert the flash drive power-on and start tapping the " f12 " key.
Boot the flash drive and follow the instructions to install W10.
If the SSD has more than one partition delete them all to have the drive as one partition.
Best regards,
U2
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Posted December 13th, 2020 11:00
@U2CAMEB4ME what about boot mode, Legacy or UEFI?
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Posted December 13th, 2020 12:00
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Posted December 15th, 2020 06:00
It's me again. I tried to install OS again. I set my bios settings to AHCI and Legacy and i got this report. What should i do?
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Posted February 18th, 2021 13:00
1. Once the SSD is in the caddy, push up as you slide it in the bay. Then the SSD will be firmly placed in the port inside.
Important: You must "push up and slide" because the SSD is thinner than the default hard drive, so its not as snug a fit.
2.Go into your BIOS and go to "boot sequence" select UEFI: INT13(RAID,0x80) and select apply, then exit.
Once your computer has rebooted everything should work.
This is a solution that worked for me there could be other reasons that the SSD does not get detected. See the rest of the forums here for other solutions. I hope this helps.
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Posted February 18th, 2021 13:00
Push up on the SSD caddy as you slide it in1. Once the SSD is in the caddy, push up as you slide it in the bay. Then the SSD will be firmly placed in the port inside.
Important: You must "push up and slide" because the SSD is thinner than the default hard drive, so its not as snug a fit.
2.Go into your BIOS and go to "boot sequence" select UEFI: INT13(RAID,0x80) and select apply, then exit.
Once your computer has rebooted everything should work.
This is a solution that worked for me there could be other reasons that the SSD does not get detected. See the rest of the forums here for other solutions. I hope this helps.
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Posted December 13th, 2020 08:00
https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/Latitude-E6420-UEFI-support/td-p/4013347