Just to update what I have done since posting and some things I had tried prior to my post I forgot to mention:

I did open up the laptop and tried to reseat the NVME SSD which was installed, just to rule that out as a possible issue.

Upon doing a little more research, it seems that the issue may be that the Dell system changing itself from UEFI to Legacy boot (this appears to be a somewhat common issue).
I am not certain that explains the blue screens leading up to the current issue I am facing, but either way, I can't even verify if it's in Legacy or UEFI boot...

I am in need of assistance making changes to the boot priority on a Dell Latitude 5500.
A friend of mine gave me his laptop which began blue screening a few months ago, and now upon powering on the system, it is indicating that there is no bootable device.
I suspect it would be a somewhat simple fix to get a new nvme drive and swap them out, if I am able to change the boot priority to a flash drive to install Windows.
Alas, the password in the bios has got me stuck, and I need assistance in acquiring my golden ticket in the form of the bios administrator password.
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Hello all,

I go by Justice. I'm in my mid 30s and have been tearing apart and putting back together computers since I was around 8 years old. I've been learning Windows since I was about 4 or 5, mostly just using paint and playing minesweeper.
As I got older I started building gaming pcs for myself and friends, and searching for resolutions to software and hardware related issues. I am not formally educated in troubleshooting but I am quite proficient in finding the answers I am looking for quickly.
I struggle with premanufactured PCs and Laptops, because of the hurdles...