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XPS 13 9300, no bootable device found
Hi everyone,
i got this computer without OS. When i tried to boot today, it failed, displaying a "Critical error message - No bootable device found" message. I think a managed to boot until the windows OOBE a couple of times before, but every time having to turn off the computer with a very long press on the power button, as i didnt want to install w10 yet.
I looked for the solution on the internet and someone suggested to disable the "SATA Operation" in the bios, which did not change anything. I also try to add a bios sequence (as it was empty), as suggested on the web as well, but the "browse for file" windows was empty.
I set Fastboot from minimal to thorough, no change, and changed the extend bios post time to 5 seconds, no further success...
I ran the preboot system permance tests, even the 0-0-1 drive test and boot 0-0-1 test which where passed successfully.
Bios is up to date.
I'm really confused at this point, as the drive is listed under "System Configuration"...
From here on i'm running out of ideas.
Your helped would be really appreciated.
Cheers
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mrnike
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Posted September 13th, 2023 00:32
Problem solved! I installed windows and my drive magically appeared during the install. But someone still gonna have to tell me why the the drive was not detected by the bios on first place.
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