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Do you know anything about installing drivers during Windows installation on NUC11TNK?
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Rodrigo Echeverry Granada
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PLEASE HELP - I NEED TO COMPLETE THIS INSTALLATION TODAY.
I have been struggling with a NUC windows installation since Oct 8th.
I purchased a SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) from Newegg on 10/08/22. I installed it in a new 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1115G4@3.00GHz NUC (Model: NUC11TNK) as the ONLY drive, with 64GB RAM.
When installing Microsoft Windows 11 Pro from a USB thumb drive, the Windows installer is unable to see the Samsung_NVM_Express_Driver_3.3.exe driver for the Samsung NVMe 1TB SSD.
When reviewing the Samsung NVM Express Driver v3.3 Installation Guide (https://semiconductor.samsung.com/resources/user-manual/Samsung_NVMeDriver_InstallationGuide.pdf), it would appear you can only run the “Samsung_NVM_Express_Driver_3.3.exe” file from within an existing Windows installation, and not as a step of an installation. I am wondering if that is in fact the case, or if it is possible to install the driver as a step in the Windows installation.
I am able to install Ubuntu 22.04 without any problem at all on the same Samsung NVMe 1TB SSD. No driver required.
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Reza-Ameri 17,341 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2022-11-15T14:59:30.173+00:00 Are you performing fresh install?
Does it prevent installation, or it let you proceed?
Do you have access to another Windows 10 or Windows 11 device? -
Rodrigo Echeverry Granada 1 Reputation point
2022-11-15T20:00:06.483+00:00 - I am performing a new install into the NUC Intel
- Stop, not allow me to continue
- No at the moment
Look the steps.
Windows will not install without the driver for the NVMe.
Click "Install Now" on the Windows installer:
Windows-Install-Now.jpg
Then the next screen is the "S
elect driver to install": 
I have the Samsung_NVM_Express_Driver_3.3.exe driver on a correctly formatted USB thumb drive that the Windows Installer is unable to see when I browse:
I have provided much more extensive documentation to both Samsung and Intel on trouble tickets.
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Reza-Ameri 17,341 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-11-17T15:37:22.747+00:00 Do you have access to another Windows 10 device?
Have you downloaded the latest version of Windows installation?
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