I finally figured it out.  It wasn't the SSD that failed.  I thought it was the boot drive, but it wasn't.  The HDD is the boot drive and it had failed.  I had a brand new spare here that worked and it's doing Windows Updates now.  I was able to do all of the reset in SupportAssist OS Recovery over the Internet.  Easy peasy. Just hoping it downloads the ridiculous amount of Windows Updates I had over the last 4 years without issues.
Hello all, I have a Dell Inspiron G7 15 7588 laptop a year past warranty.  I'm no stranger to repairing of computers, but it's been a long time since I did this on a daily basis and many, many things have changed. I have created a USB flash drive with the Dell OS Recovery Tool.  When I insert it in the laptop and press F12 it is not in the UEFI menu.  OK, so I go to Microsoft's site and download their Media Creation tool and basically do the same thing.  The drive is recognized in UEFI, but when I boot to it I get a black screen with the blue Windows logo in the center, a rotating circle of dots, and what looks like 4 or 5 arcs running across the bottom of the screen.  This screen never changes.  It's been at it for almost 3 hours now. I did a diagnostic and the original SSD boot drive has a failure.  It is M.2 NVMe PCIe 128GB and what appears to be 2230 in size.  Dell doesn't have that on their site as a part that I can find so I got a Western Digital M.2 NVMe PCIe 500GB 2290 from Amazon.  It is recognized in the BIOS.  I haven't updated the BIOS in awhile and my latest is 1.15. I haven't done the ISO/Rufus bit I've been reading about.  Was hoping this would be simple.  Technology is great...when it works.   Would greatly appreciate ANY insight you kind folks might offer.   Thanks, PBLisa
Dell OS Recovery Tool usb drive not recognized in uefi on G7 15 7588