Windows 7 installation recognize SSD or HDD after (rate?) Update the BIOS

Brief statement of the problem

After a failed BIOS update (computer is turned off during the update), the computer would not start, indicating that it could not find an operating system. I tried to reinstall Windows 7, but the installer does not recognize one of my hard drives or SSD internal here which was installed Win7 and my boot drive is - that it recognizes my external my book Duo (backup) but that doesn't help me. The SSD and two internal hard drives still appear in CMOS and Partition Wizard, however. How can I get the installation of Windows to recognize my hard drive, so I can repair or reinstall Windows?

Note: I borrowed pieces of this post that I found on line since December 2015 since the circumstances mirror mine near each other. In this case, the answer that seemed to work for the poster should go to Dell support, download the latest SATA RAID drivers and put them on a USB stick, then load them in when requested by the Windows Installer. I tried to do this, but, assuming I have the right drivers, nothing appears in the same installation of Windows area after loading in the drivers the most recent that I found and put on USB from Dell.

Specifications of the computer

Desktop computer Alienware Aurora R4, at Alienware March 2013 purchased
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 3820K @ 3.6 GHz
RAM: 16GB Quad Channel DDR3
Hard drive: 2562 GB SSD (SAMSUNG ATA SSD PM83 SCSI Disk Device)
Secondary (storage) hard: 2 TB internal installed at the factory (Western Digital)

Tertiary HD: 1 TB (I installed myself, since I had an extra, Setup has worked well for years)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
OS: Windows 7 64-bit (not sure if Premium version?) family

Readers are not in a RAID configuration.

History of troubleshooting

After nearly three years of use without problem, my fans were really loudly all the time - even at rest and I rarely do anything intensive CPU/GPU. According to the information found online, I downloaded and installed the latest version of controls thermal/Alienware Command Center. Who has not solved the problem of fan and makes thermal controls were not give readings that the more - basically said that the pump of the CPU had failed and that all shows as 0 degrees Celsius. The information provided by the support forums, I decided to upgrade the BIOS (from v.7 to v.11) using updater downloaded from the Dell support site [perhaps a bad idea, in hindsight, I must admit, but same manual fan controls were not helping the issue].

As the PC has been reset during the update of the BIOS, the computer fans started running at a very high speed - much more quickly that I had never heard before. I was afraid that my computer was damaged, but I let go still for a long time. After about 5 minutes, I foolishly forced a shutdown of the computer. [Yes, I know, it was really, really stupid - well based on the fact that my computer does not boot up to BIOS and from what I've seen elsewhere online it seems the BIOS update went through, although with messed up settings.]

After that, the computer would not start. The error message indicates missing BOOTMGR. I downloaded partitionwizard on the idea that it was a problem of partition/MBR and, of course, both my SSD (marked as "boot + active") and a secondary drive have been marked active. I did the second disc "inactive". Assistant Creation of partition also shows not all of my readers, including their scores, correctly.

In troubleshooting, I had also used my Alienware installation disc and tried to repair or reinstall Windows. In all cases, the Win7 installation/repair program found no any operating system or hard drives. When I went to the prompt from the installation disk and tried DISKPART "list disk" or BOOTFIX. EXE, they only listed my MyBook external Duet (which I disconnected since then and now no discs see)-I've never seen the internal boot SSD or either of the other internal readers everything in Windows 7 install the program. Using various BOOTFIX. EXE options such as /fixmbr and /scanos help not - they complete "correctly" really quickly without effect or tell me that there is no OS.

Now when I try to load up, I don't you the message BOOTMGR but rather get a topic that there is no current boot device and how I should insert the bootable media.

I then tried to reuse the Alienware Windows 7 disc to reinstall Windows 7, but the installation program could not even find a hard drive.

I also tried to install Windows on a USB bootable, but had the same result.

Can I enter the CMOS configuration very well. I can make and save changes to it very well. It seems normal, and it correctly lists all three internal hard drives. POST also correctly lists all of my hard drives.

I saw the reference to change its RAID settings in the CMOS Setup, but my only two options are RAID or ACHE and none who changes the situation.

I'd be fine with Windows 7 reinstallation on the SSD drive (would rather not do that, ideally, but it's just a disc of starting with some Steam games on it so easy enough to recreate). I don't have my documents among other internal readers backed up but I have not seen anything that makes me think that these readers have been affected, just that I have to get the recognized internal disks somehow. As simple as somehow becomes the right drivers loaded in, and if so, how do I do that (previously, I downloaded all three files that lists by Dell under "storage device" and "drivers" option of the Setup disk to load on the support page and unzipped on a USB and used in, but that does not in the operating system appears so installation/repair access)? Or am I missing some other step?

Please let me know if screenshots or more information would be helpful - happy to give them once I am home and back in front of this computer.

Thanks in advance!

The value of the BIOS:

SATA Mode = AHCI Mode
= UEFI boot mode

Win7-DVD, Win-8-DVD, or a Win-10 USB flash drive should start now. Use the one-time-starting F12 menu.

For Win - 8 or install Win - 10, if the SecureBoot option is available, it probably should be activated.

Connect only the Boot C: drive for now.

Install only on a blank disc (no existing partitions, OEM, or other).

And if the UEFI Mode does not work, you can always try to MBR (Legacy BIOS).

If the SSD is detected in the BIOS, it is a good sign. However, if it continues to not work anywhere, you need to plug into a USB tester or external USB enclosure and connect the computer to work... to test for signs of life.

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