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WiFi connection issues in IT Support ·
So, I'm running into a bit of a headache with my Wi-Fi—ever since I finished installing Windows 10 Home, that little signal icon in the bottom right corner has just completely vanished. I actually ran into this exact same mess about a year or two ago, and somehow it got sorted out back then, but I can't for the life of me remember how.
I've got an HP AMD A8-7410.
Basically, here's the deal: I'm trying to install the Wi-Fi drivers for my laptop, but the hardware isn't even showing up in the Device Manager at all. I've tried installing three or four different versions of the drivers already, and still... nothing. Zilch. Right now I'm tethered to an Ethernet cable just to stay online, so it works fine that way, but yeah—any help would be huge. 🕺🕺
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Here it is—the latest Windows Pro build from 2020,
Noah Miller6, it actually worked! Now I’m just sitting here wondering if it’s because of the OS itself or if that switch to the Master Boot Record you suggested did the trick... it's installing right now.
Seriously, thanks a million, you guys were a huge help 🎉🎉
I've learned a ton... honestly, even just cracking open my laptop taught me so much—I used to be pretty clueless about where everything was actually located inside the hardware.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Noah Miller6 said:When you're using Rufus, make sure you select GPT as the partition scheme.

Alright, I'm gonna give that a shot right now...
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Noah Miller6 said:they're saying over on the Dell forums:

Have you tried converting the SSD to GPT during the Windows 10 installation? If that doesn't work, just hit Shift + F10 and type diskpart, then disk list, select disk x, clean (this wipes everything!), and finally convert gpt! After that, just exit the Command Prompt and see if you can get Windows installed on the SSD!

Honestly, I ran into the exact same thing once—I ended up fixing it by plugging the SSD into an external enclosure, formatting it directly through Windows, and then everything worked perfectly.
If you have a way to do that, it’s totally free and worth a shot.

Or check this out:

I already gave that other option a shot, but it didn't do anything—everything is still stuck exactly where it was. So now I'm trying the first method using a USB drive—I got into the Command Prompt and typed diskpart, and man, it just spits out a huge list of commands and descriptions explaining what they do... stuff like
ACTIVE- mark the selected partition as active
ADD-add a mirror to simple volume etc. etc...

I even tried doing it without the USB, just restarting my laptop over and over, hitting Shift + F10, and basically just getting frustrated at this point. I'm gonna try using a newer version of Microsoft 365 from 2020 (using Rufus) and if that fails, I'll give it another go tonight when my brain isn't so fried 🐔. Thanks for the help, everyone 😵
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Noah Miller6 said:people over on the Dell forums are saying:

Have you tried converting the SSD to GPT during the Windows 10 installation? If it doesn't work right away, just hit Shift + F10 and type diskpart, then disk list, sel disk x, clean (this wipes everything!), and finally convert gpt! After that, just exit the Command Prompt and see if you can get Windows installed on the SSD!

Honestly, I ran into the exact same headache once—I ended up fixing it by plugging the SSD into an external enclosure, formatting it directly through Windows, and boom, everything worked perfectly.
If you have a way to do that, it’s totally worth a shot—nothing to lose, right?

Or just check this out:


Just saw this—I'm gonna give it a shot as soon as Rufus finishes copying the Windows ISO... Thanks man, looks pretty promising! 🙂
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Noah Miller6 said:Just hop into your BIOS and look under the Boot options for Secure Boot.
If it's set to enabled, just flip it to disabled and you should be able to install Windows without any more headaches.

So here's my deal—the Boot mode setting (it's highlighted in blue) is sitting right there at the top, but it's stuck on UEFI... I don't see an option for LEGACY anywhere.
And then further down, the Secure Boot option is all greyed out—I can't seem to change it, or maybe I'm just missing how to do it—but it's currently ENABLED.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Frank Smith10 said:If the SSD is actually working and plugged in right—assuming the BIOS itself isn't acting up—it’s gotta show up in the BIOS. But listen, the SSD WON'T show up once you're inside Windows if the drivers aren't there. I actually had to manually inject a driver into a Windows 10 ISO once just to get one of those weird, exotic SSD models to behave.

So you're saying as long as the hardware is fine, it's just a Windows issue... alright, I'll give that a shot.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
fadedorca66 said:What version of Windows are you running? And did you actually boot from that USB using UEFI mode?

I'm going with Windows 10 Pro x64 en-US—and yeah, it even says UEFI (non CSM) in the brackets
and I see GPT listed on the left side, so... I'm gonna give it another shot and see if it sticks.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
hiddencanyon142;80067469 said:
neonviper94 said:Just correcting a mistake here,
So I finally figured out what an SSD actually looks like—turns out there's already one in there... probably that 256 GB one.. the other slot is empty. I just don't get which cable you're talking about? There's this little green long slot, and to the left of the empty one, there's some cable (it's a bit thicker), but I honestly don't think it has anything to do with this, though who knows.
I KNOW!

"some cable?" WHICH CABLE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING TRACKED BY SOME ANCIENT SCRIPT...

basically Catwoman vibes ☕

I KNOW!!


That cable is just the power connector, anyway. So, nothing to worry about.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
George Murphy12 said:If you pick up one that's running Linux, maybe it won't understand what you're trying to do with the format.


I'm not totally following you there—this thing is just running MS-DOS.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
Quick correction on what I said earlier,
So, I finally figured out what an SSD actually looks like—turns out there's already one in there... probably that 256 GB one. The other slot is totally empty. The only thing I'm stuck on is which cable you're talking about? There's this long, skinny green slot, and just to the left of the empty one, there's a slightly thicker cable hanging around—but honestly, I don't think it has anything to do with this, though who knows? I guess we'll see.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
So I popped the case open, and right there—staring me in the face in the bottom right corner—is just this empty gray and white slot...
My gut feeling is that’s where the hard drive was supposed to be sitting, so either they totally botched my order or I'm completely missing something here.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
wearymason4 said:Pop the small access panel open and check if the SSD is tucked in there—also double-check that the Cable is actually plugged in right.


Actually, there isn't even a little little door to pop open—I'm gonna have to rip the whole bottom casing off. On the bright side, I just picked up an HDD upgrade Cable. I'll give it a shot and see what happens.
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Hard drive not detected in IT Support ·
So, I’m running into a bit of a headache with my hard drive situation—honestly, I’m totally lost here. I know my way around a Windows installation well enough, but I’m working with this Dell G15 that doesn't have a DVD-ROM, so I had to go the USB route. Everything was going fine until I hit that part where you’re supposed to pick a destination to install Windows... and there’s absolutely nothing there. I keep hitting "refresh," but nothing happens. It’s just a blank slate. When I look at the specs, it says there's a 256 GB SSD inside, so it should be showing up. I even hopped into the BIOS because I read somewhere online that I might need to tweak some SATA settings or something to get the partition to show up, but I couldn't find anything related to that anywhere. Now I'm starting to wonder—is it actually possible for a brand-new laptop straight out of the box to not even have a hard drive installed?
I just checked the Command Prompt, and when I try to pull up the list of drives, the only thing that shows up is the USB stick I plugged in. So, what am I looking at here? Any ideas?
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