Windows 10: Dell 3470 hard keeps hammering away

After installing windows 11 upgrade, the hard drive in my computer keeps clicking away, hardly ever stopping. I ran everything I could think of, Defrag, diskclean, anti-virus, registry Defrag, etc. This was an overwrite of an existing windows 10 os. Any internet search engine is extremely sluggish during this time with the mouse barely working at all. The mouse works great on windows apps. I then did the dreaded windows 11 reinstall which wiped out all apps and software, retaining just personal files. The same problem still exists. Answers??

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No drive found on my internal hard disk on Dell Latitude E5430.

Hello,My laptop (Dell Latitude E5430) was working perfectly till yesterday. But yesterday night, it restarted on its own and ever since, it's stuck at this screen:



Also, inside the BIOS, no UEFI bootable hard disk drive is being listed.



The UEFI flash disk option shown above is that of my bootable pen drive with Windows 10 installation copy.I googled this issue a bit and the results were as follows:

1. one thread suggested that I should run Dell's internal diagnostics to see if there anything wrong with hard disk. I did that but every component, including the hard disk one, passed these internal test.
   
   
2. a second thread suggested that I should try to remove and reseat the hard disk. I did that following Dell's user manual.
3. another thread suggested that I should reinstall my windows 10 afresh. But when I try to do so, the windows installation wizard doesn't list any drive in the hard disk. It's as if it doesn't detect hard disk at all.
   
   

In a nutshell, while the hard disk is being detected, but none of its drives is. However, the hard disk consisted of 3 drives:

1. C: with the windows' and applications' installations,
2. D: with all of my data,
3. E: which was recovery drive.

Any troubleshooting suggestions?I'm sorry I am not able to help you guys with any logs and stuff because I don't know how to get them when I can't get my Windows to boot. I'm not even sure if this is the correct section where I should be posting this thread.. I'm just so confused right now. *cry

A few weeks ago, I had upgraded (not fresh installation) from windows 10 version 1607 to 20H2. The version 1607 installation was a clean one (from scratch, after formatting the hard disk and creating new partitions).

 

windows 10 ASPIRE 3470 MISSING WINDOWS SOCKETS

my ASPIRE 3470 stopped working with windows sockets missing after an update.

I have tried all of the suggestions. none worked.

I dont know why microsoft doesnt take this more seriously I have seen many similar problems on the files.

Warren

 

Dell Monitor Camera

I have a Dell Monitor hooked to a Dell XPS Laptop. I want to use the monitor camera not the laptop camera. I've tried the suggestions from a closed thread about activating the camera but when I try the steps it keeps going to the laptop camera.

Suggestions or am I asking the impossible.