How To Reset Latitude 5420

[Giovanni Sealy]

TLDRThis laptop is a Dell Latitude 5420 with an NVMe SSD drive -- and apparently Windows has lost the driver for that drive? It can't boot, and I can't (re)install Windows on it without that driver. I do not have any such driver.

Problem: Something must have gone wrong while Windows was resetting/reinstalling itself, because the laptop is now stuck in a boot loop. I see the circling dots for a little while, and then it reboots -- endlessly.

I've used a separate computer to create Win10 installation media on a USB stick, and go to Repair. It says it can't repair. It also says there's no recovery partition, and no system snapshots to roll back to.

Load driver

A media driver your computer needs is missing. This couldbe a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flashdrive with the driver on it, please insert it now. Note: If theinstallation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive,you can safely remove it for this step.

it took my attention that three of the Dell Clients in the company experienced the same behaviour after a BIOS Update came through the Windows Update Tool. Before the BIOS was updated a couple of Intel updates were installed therefore I express my concern here. The shown behaviour is that after the installation, the equipments most be reboot and by booting up they remained on "loading" at the initial Dell Logo, after that windows can't be booted anymore but only on safe mode. After a Systemrepair performed in the safe mode I was able to boot up windows again (not always) and after a reboot of the system the problem was there again.

The updated laptops are all different models: Latitude 5431, Latitude 5420 and a Inspiron 7706 2n1. From those Notebooks only the Latitutde 5431 was connected to a dockingstation. It's also important to remark, that the updates were received between the first and the second week of februeary and that by other equipments the update was installed without problem. Do you have any hint about a known problem or a way to isolate better the issue?

I'm having the same problem with Dell Inspiron 3593 (I think is the model). I used a self made recovery HD image and updated both Windows and Dell (through Dell Update) and the problem was still there. I then used a factory reset which solved the problem. After trying Dell update again a week later (with no Windows updates) the problem has returned, so I believe the problem lies with Dell update for me, and it seems to be an update around mid-February but I don't know which one. Dell are absolutely rubbish and I had already decided I will never buy another. Now I'm supposed to do 'product testing' for hours, days or weeks for Dell (again). No doubt they won't even speak to me because 'customer support' has expired and I need to pay them monthly. Through previous threads it seems they like to blame others too, such as Windows or anybody but themselves.

Dell laptop is a foremost choice for most laptop users because of its convenience and some of the best features. However, sometimes you want to delete the whole record from your laptop like if you want to sell the laptop to someone and want to factory reset it. It becomes difficult for some people to factory reset Dell Inspiron without password. You can easily learn methods on how to factory reset Dell laptop without password. Some of these methods are given below and they are all can be used to Dell latitude 5420Dell inspiron 15, XPS, Chromebooks and more.

If you are a Windows 8 or 10 user and you have forgotten your Dell laptop's password, you don't have to worry about it because you can factory reset Dell Inspiron 1525 without password. You just have to follow these steps.

Windows Vista and 7 asks you to enter password while restoring factory settings. If you have forgotten your password then you should remove it by making a CD from another computer you have access to. Get done with password recovery and then you can proceed further towards restoring factory settings. Follow these steps to restore factory settings.

If you are locked out and can't remember your password on Windows 10, you can simply click the power button and then click Restart, then press shift key. You will see a blue screen, choose "Troubleshoot" and then "Reset this PC".

If you can't see the Troubleshoot screen, you can remove the password using PassFab 4WinKey and then get access to the PC to factory reset it without password. This software can easily reset Windows login password on your Dell computer within a few minutes, especially for those users who used Administrator as login password.

Step 3. Now you can use the device to recover Windows password which was used for computer login. Attach this device to your laptop and restart your laptop and press "F12" or "ESC" and it will enter you in an interface called "boot menu interface".

If you want to restore factory setting of your Dell laptop, then above mentioned methods are best for you and you can easily restore factory setting and format your laptop. Now you have much better understanding of restoring factory settings of Dell laptop without password.

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