OS recovery help

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i own a dell laptop, dell inspiron 3558, and i have tried many solutions to recovering my os

os is windows 10 home
core i5-5200

i acidentally deleted it while trying to re-format the laptop, and since ive been trying desperately to fix it

i tried booting it into legacy mode but its just stuck in UEFI

dell supportassist os recovery i have tried but it didnt work

windows boot manager just makes a loud beep and tells me the error

tech newbie so i cant really understand lots of stuff

[Komrade]

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so all i do is follow the steps once i run ms media creation tool? what is ms media creation tool? how does it differ from windows installation media?

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It will be too old.
This is why we make the usb again every 6 months or so. So you actually install the current Win10 build. You don't want to go through a multi-step os upgrade process after its installed, hence the point of this very process. Just wipe out your usb flash drive. The ms media creation tool will do everything needed once it's started and you select what I said in post#6

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ms media creation tool creates a Win10 install media, but it will download the latest build available (1909). Where as if you had a Win10 usb or dvd laying around, those would be oudated and can't be wiped/updated, etc.

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i see. ill be testing these solutions once my parents get back.

[emoticorpse]

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i see. ill be testing these solutions once my parents get back.

Was there anything on there you wanted to save?

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nah, its just that dell os thingy.

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got the usb flash drive with the installation media, now what?

[emoticorpse]

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got the usb flash drive with the installation media, now what?

Have you put the install program onto the USB?. If so plug the usb into the computer and boot it up and select it as boot device. Windows install/setup should show up and tell you what to do next.

If you haven't combined the setup with the usb, do that with the directions others said earlier.

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i dont know what you mean by install program...

[emoticorpse]

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i dont know what you mean by install program...

When you ran the microsoft program for media creation did you choose to put it onto the usb or save it as a iso?. I meant .iso when I said "the install program". If it's already on the USB then plug it into the computer and turn it on to install.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

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i dont know what you mean by install program...

if you already downloaded the ISO and used windows media creation tool (or rufus) to make the usb flash drive bootable, then the flash drive is now ready.

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its already on the usb but when i booted it up windows boot manager tried to scan it and i also did one time boot menu, no luck either

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

this is why i use rufus to make windows 10 usb installer as it can create a GPT style installer for modern PCs and MBR-style partition for older systems.

how did you create the usb installer, rufus or windows 10 media creation tool?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Change the boot in the bios.

If you have more then one ssd/hdd, disconnect any secondary drives first.

If still won't boot off the usb, go to bios and change uefi mode to legacy. After OS is installed, changed it back to uefi.

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i stated in the post thats its stuck in UeFI, and i made the usb by plugging it into the usb port into the other pc, searched up ms media creation tool, got to website, downloaded win 10, and did the instructions on the program.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Many laptops might say in bios...

Uefi (press enter and options are something like "legacy" or "disable")
Both options mean the same thing.

Because most modern laptops in the last few years or so, when it's in uefi mode it will not boot from any optical drive or external drive source. This is to prevent accident via other forms of boot media.