Mike C555

A follow up. Since I had already recovered my personal data from the drive, I had nothing to lose by trying to format it and reinstall...

Thanks Spunk, I'll try that if I can get past the current problem... The drive is BitLocked but the recovery key isn't working... I...

Well, you guys were right, changing it out of RAID mode and it was almost there... WinnTsetup made it past applying the image and...

Hi Spunk, thank you for your input. I don't know if you looked back in this thread to where I wasn't able to boot to Windows at all...

Yes, I did re-boot and check BIOS settings. What is confusing is that when I first get to the BIOS screen, it shows the PXEs as UEFI...

I tried to disable both PXEs but am still running into the same problem. Can I delete them from a command prompt? Or can I delete them...

I'm not sure what PXE boot is. Is it shown in the diskgenius screen capture in post #49? Is it the USB I'm booting from (23V7.iso)...

Thanks SIW3, getting closer.... After following the above, WinnTsetup did start and appears to have successfully applied the image. It...

I tried to unencrypt again, but putting in the dashes and unencrypted successfully. The result was the same in WinnTsetup, unfortunately…

Hi SIW2, I tried using Windows 11 media creation tool, but as you guessed, it could not see my SSD. So, I figured I had nothing to lose...

Thanks, Gary. I just noticed my Logitech wireless keyboard doesn't have the Fn keys. nBut I do have a Dell to swap in.

It just occurred to me that before I reinstall Windows, I should do some health checks on the SSD. If there's really something wrong...

Here's a related question to booting up the XPS8960 via usb; it appears that the timing of when you turn on the power and when/how fast...

Bob, you said it; I got the distict impression that the tech on the help line was following a script and was not able or willing to...

I’ve got everything backed up. As far as install, I was thinking (simplistically) to format the SSD and reload Windows 11 via Windows...