Windows 11 Installation process (from USB) shows "Install Driver to Show Hardware" error and can't figure it out

Question

Hello everyone, I have a Thinkpad T15P Gen 3 (Intel i7 12th generation) and I'm trying to install Windows 11 using an USB memory, but I always get the"Install Driver to Show Hardware" error, I've tried the following:

-Extracting the drivers Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver Installation Software with Intel® Optane™ Memory *(from 8th to 13th Gen Platforms) just in case al older version would have worked * using "./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted*.

-Extracting the driver Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver for for Windows 11 (Version 21H2 or later), 10 (Version 20H2 or later) - ThinkPad P15v Gen 3 (Type 21D8 21D9), P16 Gen 1 (Type 21D6, 21D7), T15p Gen 3 (Type 21DA 21DB) (from the ThinkPad web page).

-Deactivating and activating VMD, an interesting thing happened when I activated the VMD option and ran the Windows 11 installation it showed "Error installing driver"

-Creating the bootable USB drive using the Media Creation Tool and Rufus (on the same USB memory).

When I checked on the EUFI the VMD activation/deactivation I noticed that the IRST version installed is 19.0.0.5428 RST VMD driver, (I don't know if this is useful), I tried installing latest version on the current Windows installation (driver version 20.0.0.1038.3) but it shows an error and the log can't be read becase "I don't have the permission".

Aside from that thing with VMD, it alwasys shows "A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or a Hard Disk Driver..."

Currently I don't know what to do, I'd love to get some help, thank you.

Answer 1

It doesn't show it sir.

It shows the new volume (New SSD) and the SSD where the current W11 is installed.

Answer 2

Can you post the output of those commands?

Answer 3

This is the photo sir, thank you.

Answer 4

Hi Brayan,

The system boots from USB, but the USB stick is not shown in Diskpart. This is strange. Does the 2nd SSD have an OS, and does it boot?

Meanwhile, please try another USB stick and create a Windows 10 USB setup disk using the Media Creation Tool.

Answer 5

Hello Mr. Srinivasan

Surprisingly, using another USB memory worked, I didn't even have to use the drivers, thank you so much for your help :D