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NO DRIVES SHOWN DURING SETUP: THE F6 DRIVER NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT ugh

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Extract the package, copy teh folder with teh .inf, .sys and .cat files to the install USB, then in setup click Load driver > Browse and select that folder, the VMD controller entry should appear; install it and the drive shows up.

  1. Viktor Wolfe
    @subnetbuilder-2oi

    i wanted to do dual booting on my prebuilt desktop. Made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to the disk selection screen and got this:

    Reboot and Select proper Boot device

    Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key

No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

    no drives at all... the BIOS clearly shows teh NVMe SSD with its correct model and size 😭 I've remade the USB stick twice. someone mentioned I might need Acer My Acer Key (Windows 98) loaded during setup, but I've never had to do that before and I have no idea which file to point teh insatller at, help me before I return a perfectly good SSD. any ideas??

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  2. Dima R.
    @drossi

    many newer laptops ship with Intel VMD (Volume Management Device) enabled, which hides teh NVMe behind a controlelr that Windows setup has no inbox driver for, you need teh F6 / RST VMD driver from the PC makers support page (often listed as "F6 driver" or "RST driver for Windows setup").

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  4. Rhea Halvorsen
    @rhalvorsen

    make a backup before u touch the thermal paste, learned that the hard way

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  5. Wes
    @thread_pusher

    @drossi did u ever fix it? ??

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  6. Dima R.
    @drossi
    Accepted solution

    Extract the package, copy teh folder with teh .inf, .sys and .cat files to the install USB, then in setup click Load driver > Browse and select that folder, the VMD controller entry should appear; install it and the drive shows up.

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  7. Viktor Wolfe
    @subnetbuilder-2oi
    in reply to @drossi

    @drossi wowww ok used 7-Zip to open the My Acer Key (Windows 98) EXE, found the folder with the INF, and Load driver worked. Done with dual booting at last. cant believe it was that simple lol

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