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No new device drivers found error when installing Windows 11 on a Samsung 980 M.2 NVME SSD.

Anonymous
2023-06-13T22:35:47+00:00

I recently installed a new Samsung 980 NVME SSD after my old one stopped working. After installing it I'm now trying to install windows on it. But the windows installation wasn't detecting the drive because it apparently had no drivers. So I download the Intel RST VMD drivers but when I try to load them I get an error that says "No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers, then click OK" becuase I got this error "A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now. Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step." I installed the Intel RST drivers using the workaround method of opening it in terminal and then extracting the files into a separate folder that I put onto the USB drive that I had the windows 11 installation on. I swapped out the drive because the original error I got was an srttrail error and after that I just couldn't get the drive to be detected by windows at all and it seemed like it had failed.

Automatic repair does not work. Secure Boot is disabled.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Sumit D - IA 169.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-06-15T01:11:37+00:00

    Please send us the screenshots of BIOS Settings using your Phone's Camera.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-14T18:37:05+00:00

    RAID is already disabled, and I extracted the driver but there is no folder called pendrive. Also, I have a Samsung 980 NVME SSD and it doesn't show that the driver is compatible on the Samsung Website.

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  3. VARADHARAJAN K 9,686 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-06-14T07:29:11+00:00

    Method 1

    Disable RAID mode, enable standard nvme controller in BIOS.

    Method 2

    Take your friend computer,

    Go to Samsung website, download nvme driver , if possible extract exe file to folder, copy folder pendrive.

    While Installing windows , load driver from pendrive.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-14T01:38:55+00:00

    Hi, thanks

    I already made a fresh installation media. I've wiped and remade the media few times on the USB drive.

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  5. Sumit D - IA 169.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-06-14T01:31:55+00:00

    Hi JK,

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

    A media driver missing error is usually due to an incompletely made USB drive.

    Is it possible for you to a new fresh, media preferably on a different USB drive?

    To clear out the drive missing error, simply dIsable VMD in BIOS(It is a separate issue of course, apart from media missing).

    Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

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