https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-helpI've put this up on Politics and was advised to also try out you guys...I have had a Dell Inspiron 27 7777 AIO bite the dust. From what I could gather before I replaced it I had a Hard Drive failure, but I have two hard drives, one is an SSD.The infohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564930705#564930705First let me apologise to all you horse racing fans for infiltrating your forum; I appreciate your patience and will now let this thread RIP. As it turned out, I could not have done this without your help so a big thank you too.The PC was running mosSat, 23 Aug 2025 03:16:44 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564926939#564926939Thanks guys. It may well be Gin. After I wrote the above I decided to upgrade the PC to Win11, which took just under an hour to achieve. It made sense if it was starting from scratch. After that I closed it down for the night. I haven't booted it agaWed, 20 Aug 2025 11:38:42 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564926307#564926307Good to hear you have it back up and running Aspro.The screen flashing may have been the video driver updating?Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:20:11 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564925807#564925807Well dine 'Aspro'! Your perseverance has paid off your you.Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:09:37 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564924411#564924411Well that didn't go according to plan. I put the new SSD in, turned it on and got nothing; I couldn't even get BIOS until it eventually told me I had the same problem, but this time with a serial number. Turns out its my bloody HDD, not the SSD The SMon, 18 Aug 2025 15:33:58 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564922567#564922567Thanks for that Martin, that could be an enormous help when the new drive arrives. I have several spare (and still new) USB sticks, 16GB and above. I assume that once I've loaded windows onto one of them I should keep that in case I need to do it agaSun, 17 Aug 2025 11:37:04 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564922095#564922095rest of the message - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10Download the Media Creation Tool.Insert a blank 8 GB (or bigger) USB stick.Run the tool and choose Create installation media (USB flash drive).Once finished, safely ejecSun, 17 Aug 2025 09:35:34 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564922075#564922075This is what ChatGpt had to say about your initial query - sorry if it's all been covered in the replies - It sounds like your Dell’s main system drive has failed. On the Inspiron 27 7777 AIO, the way Dell labels the drives in BIOS can be confusingSun, 17 Aug 2025 09:33:43 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564921865#564921865'Aspro', you'll be fine. A couple of years ago I nudged an Acer laptop from the bed onto the floor. It landed flat onto the floor. The screen went blue immediately, and would not power up; a message hard drive error - the hard drive was a hdd. I soldSun, 17 Aug 2025 08:36:04 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31881797/pc-help?post_id=564921633#564921633I'll take that onboard swiftySun, 17 Aug 2025 06:33:54 -0500