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September 6th, 2019 20:00
Advice for SSD install on Dell G7 7588
I am replacing my dead original 256 GB boot SSD with an NVMe 500GB drive. I have 3 main questions.
1)When putting this new drive in is there any bios setting changes I need to make? My G7 is totally up to date with the newest bios driver.
2)Is there any way I can download the original factory OS with all of the software that shipped with my laptop onto a USB stick and boot off of that to reinstall the whole factory image or should I just use the Microsoft tool to reinstall a fresh windows? If I do that can I just download Support Assist afterwards to download whatever else I need, like Intel drivers and the dell video drivers or will Windows 10 automatically load all of that software?
3)I read somewhere that if there is a boot problem the bios itself can help you download the original image for your laptop and install it? Is this true and will it download the whole factory image that originally shipped with my laptop including the dell software suite? Thanks for any help....
Not sure why my last post on this subject was marked as spam, seriously makes no sense at all. Is it because I mentioned the brand of SSD?
U2CAMEB4ME
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Posted September 6th, 2019 21:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @Negatorous
1. Best thing is to set BIOS to "Default" settings before reinstalling Windows or Linux.
2.Reinstall Microsoft Windows:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/OSISO/recoverytool
Use the Dell OS Recovery Tool to create a USB recovery drive that you can use to reinstall the version of Windows or Linux that came with your PC.
3.That is not true.
Best regards,
U2