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Dell laptop shows "No Bootable Device" during clean Windows 11 installation

Hi everyone,

I'm reinstalling Windows 11 on my Dell laptop using a USB created with the official Microsoft Media Creation Tool.

Before reinstalling, Windows was working normally. I deleted all partitions and reached the screen where the SSD appeared as Disk 0 Unallocated Space (238.5 GB). The SSD was detected correctly.

However, after clicking Next (or around the partition creation stage), the installation suddenly failed, and after rebooting the laptop showed "No Bootable Device Found."

I ran Dell ePSA diagnostics, and the Hard Drive test passed, so the SSD is still detected by BIOS/diagnostics.

I then tried disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS. Surprisingly, after doing that, the Windows installation continued normally and reached the "Installing Windows" stage.

Things I've tried:

Recreated the Windows installation USB using the latest Media Creation Tool.

BIOS still detects the drive.

Windows Setup initially detects the SSD as unallocated space.

Disabled Secure Boot, which allowed the installation to proceed.

Has anyone experienced this? Could this indicate a failing SSD even though diagnostics pass, or is it more likely a BIOS/Secure Boot or storage controller issue.

Is it safe to continue the installation with Secure Boot disabled, and can I simply re-enable Secure Boot after Windows finishes installing?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

u/LenWannaStudy — 2 days ago

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External SSD after Trojan infection. Safe to keep using after reinstall + clean scans?

About 9–11 months ago I infected my laptop with a Trojan after downloading what was supposed to be Cheat Engine from a sketchy GitHub repo (not the official source). I don’t know the exact malware family.

One extra detail that makes me unsure: before all of this happened, I had copied all files from my old laptop (which hadn’t been used for maybe 10 years) onto my external SSD.

Later, when I scanned the external SSD with Kaspersky, it detected several Trojans inside files that were around 10–15 years old. I deleted/quarantined those detections.

After the infection incident, I:

Reinstalled Windows using Media Creation Tool

Created the installation media from another clean device

Replaced the internal SSD

My external SSD was NOT connected during the reinstall

One thing I never did was format the external SSD.

Since then:

I’ve continued using the same external SSD normally for 9–11 months

No unusual behavior, missing files, popups, or performance issues

Recent Kaspersky scans show 0 threats

My questions:

Is it reasonable to assume the external SSD is safe now?

Could those old detected files have just been inactive infected files sitting in storage for years rather than an active infection?

Is it realistic for a Trojan to remain on an external SSD for almost a year with no detections or symptoms?

Would you still format the external SSD, or keep using it?

I’m mostly asking for peace of mind because everything has been behaving normally, but finding old Trojans from archived files made me second guess whether the SSD is actually clean.

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u/LenWannaStudy — 10 days ago

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High-pitched charging noise at 90–99% battery even after motherboard replacement - Omen 16 ap-0999ax

Hi, I’m trying to figure out whether this is normal or if there’s still something wrong with my laptop.

My laptop makes a high-pitched/whining noise while charging, but only when the battery reaches around 90-99%. Once it reaches 100% (or outside that range), it becomes much less noticeable or disappears.

I already took it to the service center and they replaced the motherboard, but the exact same sound is still there before and after replacement.

Some notes:

No performance issues

Charging works normally

No overheating

The sound is mostly just affecting comfort/quiet-room use

I’m not completely sure whether the sound comes from the laptop or charger, but the charger is usually placed a bit far away and when I moved closer to it, I couldn’t really hear the noise there

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Could this just be coil whine during top-off charging, or is there something else I should check?

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u/LenWannaStudy — 10 days ago