In some cases, it can be due to how the boot order is laid out as some of these laptops require the user to ***explicitly*** pick the hard drive, not just an "Internal HDD" group where it should in practice search for you. If that happens, reset the BIOS settings to default and see if it remains. If it does, there may be a bug with the BIOS or a quirk of the drive used in the laptop with the BIOS.
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If not, is it on the original drive? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows (and isn't a BIOS setting issue), it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
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If not, is it on the original drive? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows (and isn't a BIOS setting issue), it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors. The bad placement makes it a candidate for an SSD -- placing it by the palmrest where people slam them down first is ASKING for trouble.
Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise, the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes: [link|https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual]
In some cases, it can be due to how the boot order is laid out as some of these laptops require the user to ***explicitly*** pick the hard drive, not just an "Internal HDD" group where it should in practice search for you. If that happens, reset the BIOS settings to default and see if it remains. If it does, there may be a bug with the BIOS or a quirk of the drive used in the laptop with the BIOS.
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Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows (and isn't a BIOS setting issue), it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
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If not, is it on the original drive? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows (and isn't a BIOS setting issue), it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise, the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes: [link|https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual]
In some cases, it can be due to how the boot order is laid out as some of these laptops require the user to ***explicitly*** pick the hard drive, not just an "Internal HDD" group where it should in practice search for you. If that happens, reset the BIOS settings to default and see if it remains. If it does, there may be a bug with the BIOS, or a quirk of the drive used in the laptop with the BIOS.
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In some cases, it can be due to how the boot order is laid out as some of these laptops require the user to ***explicitly*** pick the hard drive, not just an "Internal HDD" group where it should in practice search for you. If that happens, reset the BIOS settings to default and see if it remains. If it does, there may be a bug with the BIOS or a quirk of the drive used in the laptop with the BIOS.
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Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows, it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
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Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows (and isn't a BIOS setting issue), it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise, the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes: [link|https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual]
In some cases, it can be due to how the boot order is laid out as some of these laptops require the user to ***explicitly*** pick the hard drive, not just an "Internal HDD" group where it should in practice search for you. If that happens, reset the BIOS settings to default and see if it remains. If it does, there may be a bug with the BIOS, or a quirk of the drive used in the laptop with the BIOS.
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Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows, it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise, the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes: [link|https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual]
Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows, it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
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Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, shouldn't take more then 15 minutes: [https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual|new_window=true]
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Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise, the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes: [link|https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual]
Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows, it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
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Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, shouldn't take more then 15 minutes: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us
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Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, shouldn't take more then 15 minutes: [https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us|Dell service manual|new_window=true]
Original drive or was it previously replaced? A lot of these Dells have Seagate drives, which happens a lot due to their tendency to ***silently fail*** without warning. While it can sometimes be fixed by reinstalling Windows, it tends to be a bad hard drive in many cases. In addition to that, it's in a spot where it can be easily damaged by vibration which doesn't do anyone favors.
Try to reinstall Windows, otherwise the hard drive failed. This one isn't hard, shouldn't take more then 15 minutes: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/ins15_3558_sm/procedure?guid=guid-10547d1a-130e-4028-841c-5ae811624929&lang=en-us