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I have also tried in BIOS mode, and it does boot from the flash drive, but I get all the way up to selecting/creating the partition to install windows on and it says 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.'

1. Without the disk, I had no way to download any drivers to the computer and the Windows 7 DVD didn't have drivers for this particular computer. After installing the drivers from the disk, I was able to go on line and update all the drivers and install new drivers that were needed.
2. If you do a straight install off an OEM Windows 7 disk. Like a Dell Win7 Pro disk on a Dell PC when the install is done even without internet access the PC is activated. Its a bios and disk based activation. No end user actions needed.

I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.10 on my Dell XPS 13 9350 (November 2015).

I created a bootable USB disk which boots fine but the installer and the file manager do not detect the hard drive (128GB SSD).

What is the problem? How can I solve it?

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4 Answers

1. In Windows, run Command Prompt as admin
2. Invoke a Safe Mode boot with the command: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
3. Restart the PC and enter your BIOS during bootup.
4. Change from IDE to AHCI mode then Save & Exit.
5. Windows 10 will launch in Safe Mode.
6. Right click the Window icon and select to run the Command Prompt in Admin mode from among the various options.
7. Cancel Safe Mode booting with the command: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
8. Restart your PC once more and this time it will boot up normally but with AHCI mode activated.

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Zanna

So far the only workaround I found is to switch to AHCI Sata mode in BIOS settings:

1. Boot into BIOS (F12 at startup)
2. Select Bios Setup.
3. Move to System Configuration >SATA Operation and select AHCI.

Restart the computer and now the Ubuntu installer will detect the SSD.

Unfortunately this is not practical for a dual boot setup as Windows won't be able to boot in SATA mode so you every time will have to revert the BIOS settings when wanting to boot Windows.

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The main problem is that DELL shipped with Windows pre-installed in IDE mode. The best solution in every aspect is to perform a clean installation of Windows. As a side effect you achieve one big advantage: pure Windows without any crap.

1. Create a Windows system backup before. Things may break badly!
2. Boot from a GParted Live media and format the Windows partition with ntfs.
3. Boot into BIOS/UEFI of the PC and change the settings to AHCI/SATA mode.
4. Reinstall Windows.
5. Disable Hibernation and Fast startup in Windows
6. Boot from Ubuntu installation media and reinstall GRUB.
7. Boot into BIOS and select Ubuntu to be the default operating system to boot. Now you can select which system to boot, without having to change settings.

For those users who don't want to reinstall Windows, there is a way to switch to AHCI mode:

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I had the same issue on an old HP Compaq & it was due to RAID format. I remove this in the BIOS menu: /free-bollywood-movies-download-online.html.

• press ctrl + F12 on te startup & then quckly Ctrl + I one the Intel BIOS screen
• Go in 'Remove RAID' section & select your Hard Drive
• exit from BIOS & then reboot
• Hard drive should be visible from your Ubuntu installer

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In this article I will show you how to download Windows 7 for free….and legally.

[Update] Please note that Digital River have since removed all of the links to the Windows 7 .iso’s, however there is a way to download any official and clean version of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 in this article. Alternatively you can try using mirror.corenoc.dewhich has archived some of the Windows 7 ISO’s and will require using a torrent program to do so.

The chances are when you first get a new desktop or laptop that comes with Windows 7 installed, it won’t come with a full Windows install disk. If you are lucky it may ship with a rescue disk created by the manufacturer that will allow you to return the computer back to its original factory settings, or will have an inbuilt recovery partition. HP, Dell and other leading PC manufacturers normally will have one of these that ship with the unit, but not the full install disk.

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Downloading the disks (in ISO format) is simple. Just select the version that you require and it will automatically start to download. Then you can either burn the ISO to a DVD using ImgBurn (free and my preferred disk burner) or if you want to do a USB install which is a lot faster, then use a program like WinToFlash which will make your USB stick bootable and add the Windows files required. If you have never actually installed Windows before, then I have written a step-by-step tutorial on installing Windows 7 that is very easy to follow and will also give you some tips on how to change your boot order in BIOS should you need to know.

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Here are the links to the Official Windows 7 images: