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June 20th, 2025 22:54

Inspiron 15 3520, show missing partitions on an NVMe hard drive to reinstall Windows

Show missing partitions on an NVMe hard drive to reinstall Windows

Guys, I'm really tired of this device. Even though it's new, I'm trying to reinstall Windows.

But unfortunately, the hard drive doesn't show up when loading.

Okay,

I searched the internet to find the problem and found that there's a file called IRST Driver. This file is downloaded alongside Windows to the flash drive.

Every time I get a device, it doesn't show the existing partitions. I use this file to show the partitions on the hard drive.

So it seems to me that this file is different for SSDs and NVMe hard drives.

The important thing is that I searched on Dell's website. Unfortunately, despite my love and admiration for Dell, I sometimes think the website intentionally hides some files.

I swear, I searched every page of the website, and unfortunately, I couldn't download the IRST Driver file, even though I followed all the instructions. But to no avail.

If anyone knows where the file is, please send me a ready-made link. I'm tired of searching, please.

Please.

See the images. I've searched everywhere to download the IRST Driver file. I swear I'm tired of searching for it. Even though the website tells you to, "You'll find it under the serial number." I couldn't find it.

Please send me a ready-made download link, please. I want it to work with new NVMe hard drives so that all partitions appear when I install a new Windows.

Because I have the IRST Driver file from Intel's page. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with NVMe hard drives.

Please send me a ready-made download link.

I want the file to open without any complications, please, guys. I trust this forum a lot.

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June 21st, 2025 06:12

Download this IRST driver to your computer.  Double click to run it and select Extract instead of Install.

Copy the extracted driver to a USB drive and use it during Windows installation.  Click on load the driver at the screen of your first posted image, then browse to the USB drive to load the extracted driver.  Your NVMe drive should be visible for selection as boot drive.

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June 20th, 2025 22:55

See the images to understand the problem.

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June 20th, 2025 22:57

See the images to understand the problem.

this the old one 

See the images to understand the problem.

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June 21st, 2025 18:34

@Chino de Oro​ 

That's why I love the Dell forum. Believe me, I don't slander other sites. But I've tried many forums, such as the HP forum and the Lenovo forum.

The companies are good. Unfortunately, there are no forum members to help you.

Finally, I really thank you for your help. And believe me, you don't deserve 5 stars. You deserve more than 10 stars.

I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart for your quick help.

Thank you a thousand times.

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