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Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while installation

FellowBuddy1 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:44:01 GMT

I have a USB stick with a Windows 11 installer and a Samsung NVME 990 Pro 4TB.

A Samsung drive is present in the BIOS, but not in boot order list.
Once Windows 11 installer has booted, it doesn't see my Samsung drive.

I got the following message: "a media driver your computer needs is missing"

Funny thing is that I see my drive in windows prompt while installation.
But installator has required driver.

Previously I installed Ubuntu 24.04 and everything went smoothly.

How to solve this?

P.S. Motherboard is ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-H GAMING WI-FI.
P.S. Bios has been updated.

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while install..

mermaidcaviar — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:04:06 GMT

Maybe it is the motherboar. On Amazon i read a review that it has usb instability and warning when installing windows. Is there another usb port you can try, and what about unchecking that box about hidden drivers?

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while install..

ChaosSaber — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:18:24 GMT

So you installed linux on that same drive before?

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while install..

FellowBuddy1 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 08:56:02 GMT

Yes. No problem at all.

You can see that a drive is present in windows command line.

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while install..

FellowBuddy1 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 08:57:08 GMT

I don't think so, because I installed Ubuntu before. No problems at all, only with Windows installer.

Re: Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while ins..

ChaosSaber — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:54:55 GMT

You may have to use MS-Dos and convert the drives file system

Re: Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while ins..

ChaosSaber — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:58:57 GMT

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/how-to-remove-linux-and-install-windows-on-your-computer-f489c550-f8ec-b458-0a64-c3a8d60d3497

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while installation

FellowBuddy1 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:00:58 GMT

I have solved this problem.
I used `dd` (a command-line utility) and Etcher to write a Windows 11 image to the drive, but this didn't work.

Use Rufus to write a Windows image properly.
That's the solution.

Re: Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while ins..

ChaosSaber — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:05:36 GMT

Linux and Windows never played well together lol

Re: Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while ins..

FellowBuddy1 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:02:32 GMT

I had no Windows PC, which was a problem. I only had macOS, so I installed UTM to install Windows and run Rufus. OMG!

Re: Re: Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while..

ChaosSaber — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:04:35 GMT

I've been there

Re: Windows 11 installer doesn't see a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB drive while install..

3Fees — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:03:12 GMT

Rufus is a go to program for drives.

Cheers
3Fees