Problems installing Windows 11 on new PC

AarBas 20 Reputation points
2025-10-23T19:34:16.8533333+00:00

I've assembled a new PC and am trying to install Windows 11 from the DVD. However, before I can get to any sort of installation screen, I get a "Install driver to show hardware" message. I've tried downloading all of my motherboard's drivers to a USB, selecting each one and clicking Install, but then I just get an "Error installing driver" message.

At some point I realized that I should format my M.2 SSDs, so I did that via command prompt and Diskpart. I tried again and got the same "Install driver to show hardware" message but for some reason selecting a driver sort of worked - I was able to get to the start of the installation procedure. BUT, then I got another error when trying to select one of my SSDs: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks."

OK, fine, I once again opened Diskpart and cleaned and converted a drive to GPT, tried again, but then got stuck again on that stupid "Install driver to show hardware" message. It seems like a lot of people have run into these two errors but none of the fixes have worked for me. Any help??

System details:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9800x3D

Motherboard: MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi

RAM: Western Digital 2x16 DDR5 6000

Storage: 2TB M.2 SSD x 2

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
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Anonymous
2025-10-23T20:12:08.2933333+00:00

Hey there,

I get how confusing it can be when you’ve just built a new system and Windows refuses to install.

That “install driver to show hardware” message usually happens because the Windows installer doesn’t have the right storage or chipset drivers for your motherboard, so it can’t detect your SSDs properly.

The easiest fix is to recreate your installation media using Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 USB tool instead of a DVD, that version includes newer AMD drivers.

Before retrying, make sure your BIOS is set to UEFI mode and that the SSDs are formatted as GPT using Diskpart.

If you still get the driver prompt, try loading the AMD chipset driver manually from MSI’s website under the “RAID” or “NVMe” folder.

Just to narrow this down, could you tell me if your BIOS is currently set to AHCI or RAID mode, and which Windows 11 build your DVD is based on?

Regards, Aron

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