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Doing Upgrading The Drive On My Prebuilt Desktop And Windows Setup Sees Zero Disks

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Accepted solution by Vik K. — hmmm if it still isnt visible, check teh drive is in a slot that supports NVMe (not SATA only M.2) and try another USB port for teh…
  1. Haruto Thorne
    @hthorne

    guys pls help i wanted to do upgrading the drive on my prebuilt desktop. made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to teh 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 mnetioned I might need ASUS P7P55D-E PRO Bios loaded during setup, but Ive never had to do that before and I have no idea which file to point the installer at. Help me before I return a perfectly good SSD.

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  2. Vik K.
    @rustylab

    Is this a clean install on a wiped drive?

    0 5 helpful
  4. Chen Schmidt
    @regex_gremlin
    in reply to @hthorne

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

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  5. Zane Rossi
    @zaner180

    hmmm pro tip: write down what u change... i didnt and had to redo asus from scratch

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  7. Soren
    @svarga_35

    ahh classic extract the package, copy the folder with the .inf, .sys and .cat files to teh 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. fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Vik K.
    @rustylab
    in reply to @svarga_35

    yeahhh make sure teh install media is recent. Older media may lack drivers for newer controllers; teh Media Creation Tool makes current media.

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  9. Vik K.
    @rustylab
    in reply to @rustylab Accepted solution

    hmmm if it still isnt visible, check teh drive is in a slot that supports NVMe (not SATA-only M.2) and try another USB port for teh installer stick.

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  11. Rhea Q.
    @binarysprite
    in reply to @hanam494

    id keep VMD on and load the driver instead 😂 some laptops power management and firmware updates expect VMD mode.

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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  12. Haruto Thorne
    @hthorne
    in reply to @rustylab

    @rustylab omg finally extracted teh F6 driver, loaded it during setup, and the NVMe appeared immediately... winodws installed fine lol thank u so much!

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