Rowan

ok so check BIOS SATA/NVMe mode. If teh new driver installed for RAID/RST mode and teh BIOS is in AHCI (or vice versa), Windows cant find its boot disk. Dont flip modes randomly, but note what its set to.

lol same thing happened to me if it still fails, force Safe Mode from recovery: Troubleshoot Advanced options Startup Settings Restart , then press 4 . Safe Mode loads fewer drivers, sooo you may get in and can uninstall the storage…

oof this. so much this

@liv.iqbal Cleaned out the hidden ghost devices and replugged. Windows set it up fresh and it has been fine since. thank u thank u thank u

In a rear port it shows up and plays sound. Through a front USB port it fails.