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doing a clean install on my work laptop and windows setup sees zero disks

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  1. Pia
    @cachegarage

    i wanted to do a clean install on my work laptop. 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 the NVMe SSD with its correct model and size. Ive remade teh USB stick twice. Someone mentioned i might need LG GSA-5160D Firmware loaded during setup, but Ive never had to do that before and i have no idea which file to point teh installer at. Help me before i return a perfectly good SSD.

    cry

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  2. Yuki Lund
    @yukil792

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

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  3. Ivan Ueda
    @late_works
    in reply to @yukil792

    nah tbh id keep VMD on and load the dirver instead... some laptops power management and firmware updates expect VMD mode. just my 2 cents

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  4. Pia
    @cachegarage
    in reply to @yukil792

    @yukil792 holy cow disabled VMD in the BIOS since its a clean install :/ Drive showed up straight away, no extra driver needed.

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