![]() ![]() Inspiron 11-3162 Bios 2.4.0 ePSA build 4302.23Įdit: I guess this is **bleep** somehow. Doesn't help that Google searches about Dell Inspiron and Windows 10 installation issues populate a ton of results. Can this old model even take the newest Windows 10, and if so, how because the most common solutions didn't work. So, how to salvage the beast? Every option on the WinUSB is no-go. Choose UEFI DVD/USB boot option then press the Enter key. Then confirm boot priority - Internal Hard Drive as primary Boot Device/First boot device. The mountains of steps I did afterwards eventually led me to format and delete my hard drive and the other modules in some diagnostic interface I think was on the WinUSB. See the Windows 11 / Windows 10 options below: Start the computer while tapping F2 key to enter the BIOS. The first time I had used the DD program and could not get it to boot after installing. Used the 'USB Image Writer' program to create the stick. I used an existing working Linux Mint 18 installed laptop to create my USB stick. I was attempting to update Win10, a process involving an external USB the laptop said it needed because of a lack of space, when it failed and locked me out of startup. I have the Blue Dell Inspi2gig ram, 32gig emmc flash drive. An attempt with a Win10 USB made on another computer through the media creation tool specifically for another computer was unsuccessful with both the save my files option and full reinstall. I've now installed Linux on the 3162 twice with different OS's and 1 once on another Dell with the same set up on it.Alright, my main goal is to reinstall Windows 10. This time I made the bootable disk with USB Image Writer in linux, and it worked, I just had to ensure I the boot menu set to uefi with secure boot on, in any other setting it won't boot once installed. Press the power button to see if the computer turns. Insert the A/C into the computer and a good A/C outlet. ![]() Make sure the connections on the power cord and A/C adapter are firmly pressed together. Press the power button for 15 seconds to drain the capacitors. Update I wasn't done playing, and ended up installing Linux on another similary set up Dell, which then resulted in me redoing the 3162. Remove the A/C adapter from the computer and unplug the adapter from the A/C outlet. This time I made the bootable disk with USB Image. Update I wasnt done playing, and ended up installing Linux on another similary set up Dell, which then resulted in me redoing the 3162. I'm actually typing this right now from this Dell inspiron 11 3162.Hope this helps anyone else having troubles with the install a lot of us seem to be having. Im actually typing this right now from this Dell inspiron 11 3162.Hope this helps anyone else having troubles with the install a lot of us seem to be having. ![]() i just clicked normal and everything loaded normal. Then after that I selected to erase the drive and install normally, i didn't select the 'something else' option.Įverything installed as normal, and when it rebooted i did have a dos menu that came up first asking me i wanted to boot normal, change secure boot options ect. I was asked to create a password for secure boot. ![]() This keeps your files and retains the restore partition in case you need to go back to Windows 10. the normal bootloader came up and installed. Dell Technologies recommends using the upgrade option through Windows Update to install Windows 11 on a tested computer. Then I when I inserted the bootable usb and turned the laptop on selected f12 for the boot options and selected the UEFI bootable drive it also showed the usb name too there. Two things I had to do: I made the bootable usb from using rufus in windows and selecting for the boot scheme that it was GPT scheme with UEFI not the default MBR with UEFI optiob.
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