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load ssd driver on a fresh install

Anonymous
2023-08-07T20:33:27+00:00

I have a MSI creator laptop (M16 A12UD), I would like to fresh install Windows 11 from a USB pen. During the installation process, I need to load the driver for the ssd, and I cannot find any compatible driver.

-MSI incredibly does not publish storage drivers on their website (nor answers support request). This leaves me speechless, the laptop has been launched in 2022 and they mostly have prelaunch drivers from 2021. And no storage driver at all (other vendors usually have a customized intel FST driver).

-If I download intel Fast Storage Technology driver, it does not install. It generates a log file claiming "No matching device found."

-Intel does not offer anymore the possibility to extract just the drivers from the installation file. Yet one can download the FST drivers online somehow (e.g. from vendors that provide the driver for laptops with similar configurations). But they are also deemed non-compatible during the fresh OS installation process.

Some relevant information.

I am on windows build 22621.2070. I have a rather standard Micron 1tb ssd in nvme mode, I verified it is in nvme mode and it works flawlessly. intel VMD is disabled in the bios. Resetting the os works, fresh installing from usb does not. It is a long story why I need to fresh install from usb related to a security issue which is unrelated to the compatibility of the driver (I had the same problem when buying the laptop and settled from resetting at the time).

Thanks in advance for anyone wishing to help.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Aymeric-B 29,265 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-07T21:17:52+00:00

    Hello ! I'm Aymeric, and I'm here to help !

    The Intel Rapid Storage Driver is usually the same for every Intel-powered computer. The only thing you have to make sure is the processor generation : if your laptop is based on the 12th gen of Intel CPUs, you'll have to get the 12th gen driver.

    Here's the driver for 11, 12 and 13rd gen CPUs : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/downloa...

    You'll end up with a SetupRST.exe file. You'll need to extract the drivers file, so you can load them during Windows installation.

    Here's how to do it : download the SetupRST.exe file and put in a folder. In this folder, right-click and choose "Open in Terminal" or "Open with PowerShell"

    In the new windows, type " ./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted " and let the Intel installer do the work. You'll end up with a folder, containing your files.

    All the steps I've mentioned here are available on the Intel support page I mentioned above, and in the ReadME file, available here : https://downloadmirror.intel.com/751275/ReadMe_...

    Let me know how it goes !

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-03T13:47:57+00:00

    This worked, thank you.

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  3. Aymeric-B 29,265 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-07T21:59:25+00:00

    Which drivers did you try ? When you've extracted the drivers, you have multiple .inf files. Try with each one, and see if you still have this error.

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  4. Aymeric-B 29,265 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-09T15:29:21+00:00

    Thanks for your input.
    I prefered to ask one more time, because I wasn't sure if you made the current Windows install with VMD, and then switch it off.
    The weird thing with your case is that when the VMD is disabled, you should be able to see your drives, without installing a driver of any kind. In fact, Windows does not show the VMD drivers because the VMD isn't enabled (hence the non-compatible message)
    So, I think the problem lies somewhere else. Have a look in your BIOS, how's set up the storage driver ? RAID or AHCI ?
    Also, if you summon the CMD (Shift+F10) on the "Install Windows" page, and then you type "diskpart" , then "list disk", do you have your disk listed ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-07T22:48:10+00:00

    Exactly, I tried all of them even the vmd even if it is disabled in the bios.

    Thanks again for your help

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