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burlmart
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Aug 08, 2014

Win 8.1 recovery ... BIOS does not see HD on Dell

The boot process now takes a minute vs maybe 20 sec before. The recovery disc Dell sent us worked strangely. The laptop came w/ W8, and I think Dell did something to their recovery media such that...
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burlmart
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Aug 08, 2014
Tom_M wrote:
What is META method?


Good question. I think I meant the reasoning an experienced auto mechanic would bring to an engine problem versus what the manuals say.

I had no takers on my posted queries when doing the recovery and new HD install a few weeks ago...this tells me the things Dell had to do to accomodate the UEFI in W8 is not well understood by even pro IT folks.

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