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installing windows 11 using usb boot drive but none of my ssds are being detected

Anonymous
2023-03-17T04:24:39+00:00

hello im tyring to install windows 11 using a usb boot drive that i installed from the microsoft webste but im having an issue when i go to look for drivers neither of my ssds are being detected. ive tried using the command prompts to activate my ssds but still windows is not detecting them so im at a loss on what to do next. any help would be appreciated

asus prime z790-a MB

2 samsung 980 pro ssd

16gx2 corsair vengence ram

intel i9-13900k cpu

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-20T22:28:56+00:00

    I am trying to install Windows 10 Enterprise from a USB boot drive and I am encountering the same issue as the first post listed here. As above, the Windows installer does not recognize the drive. Intel has removed the two zip files which contain their drivers from the website and replaced them with a pair of .exe files. The .exe files do not have any provision for putting drivers onto a USB boot drive. They do not extract to a folder as Sumit D suggests. They are only intended to install the drivers directly onto a machine which is already running Windows. We need access to the driver files that can be loaded onto the USB boot drive!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-17T09:56:10+00:00

    The zip file is missing/

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-17T17:40:36+00:00

    Okay I looked into download IRST but I’m only seeing a link for the setup file and not finding a zip file on the link you gave me. Any recommendations?

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  4. Sumit D - IA 166.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-03-17T05:57:20+00:00

    Hi bk,

    I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

    You need to use RST driver. All steps here:

    https://www.intel.in/content/www/in/en/support/...

    Download Intel:registered: RST driver packages F6flpy-x64(Intel:registered: VMD).zip and F6flpy-x64(Intel:registered: Non-Intel:registered: VMD).zip, unzip both folders separately to a USB flash drive.

    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30314...

    Start the Windows:registered: 10 64-bit OS Installation process.

    Load the Intel:registered: RST driver from step 1.

    The drive should appear.

    Hope this helps.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-12T23:02:42+00:00

    https://downloadmirror.intel.com/773229/readme_18_7_6_1010.txt this document explains how to extract the drivers from the latest exe file the Intel offers

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