Put the folder onto your USB.
Then when you cannot see the drive to install Windows onto, click 'Load Driver' and select one of the Intel RST drivers in that folder on your USB.
Corrupted SSD?
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I’ve recently had SSD problems, so I cleaned the main SSD (system disk) that had Windows installed. After shutting down my laptop and turning it back on, I received a “No bootable device/drive” message. I used a USB drive to download the Windows 11 installation tool, but the SSD wasn’t recognized. Keep in mind, this is the only SSD in my PC. However, when I put the SSD in another computer, it worked fine, though it was empty (as expected). It just doesn’t work with the installation tool. I installed the Windows 11 ISO on the USB, booted into Windows 11, and I could see the SSD—empty but working flawlessly. The issue persists when I go into advanced options and use Diskpart; when I list disks, only the USB with Windows installed appears. Even though I can see the SSD in the BIOS, it’s not showing up during installation. I really don’t want to buy a new SSD. Help would be appreciated greatly.
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It is the IRST Drivers you need, not the utility, then extract the drivers out of that installer into a new folder on your bootable USB.
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DaveM121 891.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-10-06T12:01:40+00:00 Running Windows form that USB will never really be successful, to instal Windows on the SSD, you would need to use the Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB on that USB flash drive, then use that to clean install Windows on the SSD and if you cannot see the SSD to install Windows onto, use the steps above if you have an Intel processor.
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Anonymous
2024-10-06T11:56:39+00:00 Hi Dave,
I forgot to mention that I’m using the USB drive to run Windows, not just for installation. It’s currently the operating system disk, and I only have 800 MB left on it.
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DaveM121 891.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-10-06T11:28:32+00:00 Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
If you have a modern Intel processor on your PC, go to the support page for your PC on the manufacturers website, then form there, donwlaod the Intel RST drivers installer from the chipset section, then extract out the drivers from that installer and put them into a new folder on your bootable USB, then during the installation, when you cannot see the SSD to install Windows onto, click 'Load Driver' and load one of those Intel RST drivers.