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Nice spot for that article. I'm not sure what to make of OP's issues tbh, as I was able to find the RST driver for their model here: https://www.dell.com/supp

Nice spot for that article. I'm not sure what to make of OP's issues tbh, as I was able to find the RST driver for their model here: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=dcxgg&oscode=w2021&productcode=inspiron-16-7640-laptop https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetai... via https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/inspiron-16-7640-laptop/drivers https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/prod... Also, you can reboot into safe mode on Windows 10/11 and even 8/8.1, and before it reaches Windows initialization, enter the BIOS/EFI, toggle the AHCI/RAID/RST mode flag, save and exit BIOS/EFI, continue booting Windows to safe mode, install drivers if they aren't automatically installed by Windows, then reboot to exit safe mode. Apparently safe mode re-initializes the HAL similarly to the first install reboot OOBE mode, but normally HAL doesn't like you doing this in normal boot mode. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/22631-enable-ahci-windows-8-windows-10-after-installation.html https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/22631-enable-ahci-window... https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/15006-attn-ssd-owners-enabling-ahci-mode-after-windows-10-installation.html https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/15006-attn-ssd-ow...

wmf 2y ago
enter the BIOS/EFI, toggle the AHCI/RAID/RST mode flag He said (with screenshots) that flag doesn't exist. Maybe he didn't look hard enough for the flag and didn't look hard enough for the driver though. I got a "I don't want to fix my laptop; I want to complain" vibe from the blog post.
- aspenmayer 2y ago
  I suspect that Fast Startup and/or dirty bits on partitions are causing the EFI to disable those modes, and/or secure boot and/or Windows 8/10/11 "optimized settings" checkboxes causing the mode to not display or otherwise not be available, as I allude to in another thread on this post. Dell is not the only offender in this, as I've seen even more locked-down EFIs than Dell's that won't even allow you to disable secure boot. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543721
  - wmf 2y ago
    This is ridiculously confusing!
    - aspenmayer 2y ago
      Yes, I would agree! I also agree with you that OP didn’t seem to be troubleshooting as much as venting, but from the Reddit thread that someone else posted, OP seems sympathetic and responsive to helpful commenters, so I hope that they see this HN post if they still need it, which was unclear from the Reddit thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543714

wmf 2y ago

enter the BIOS/EFI, toggle the AHCI/RAID/RST mode flag He said (with screenshots) that flag doesn't exist. Maybe he didn't look hard enough for the flag and didn't look hard enough for the driver though. I got a "I don't want to fix my laptop; I want to complain" vibe from the blog post.

aspenmayer 2y ago
I suspect that Fast Startup and/or dirty bits on partitions are causing the EFI to disable those modes, and/or secure boot and/or Windows 8/10/11 "optimized settings" checkboxes causing the mode to not display or otherwise not be available, as I allude to in another thread on this post. Dell is not the only offender in this, as I've seen even more locked-down EFIs than Dell's that won't even allow you to disable secure boot. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543721
- wmf 2y ago
  This is ridiculously confusing!
  - aspenmayer 2y ago
    Yes, I would agree! I also agree with you that OP didn’t seem to be troubleshooting as much as venting, but from the Reddit thread that someone else posted, OP seems sympathetic and responsive to helpful commenters, so I hope that they see this HN post if they still need it, which was unclear from the Reddit thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42543714