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note: MB: H410M-A PRO (MS-7C89) , BIOS VER: E7C89IMS.1B0
system specs:
The SSD is visible in BIOS and diskpart, but the Windows 11 graphical setup refuses to see it. I don't need a VMD driver (hardware doesn't support it), but the setup still blocks me. Need a root cause fix.
What I've tried (unsuccessfully):
system specs:
- Motherboard: MSI H410M-A PRO (BIOS Click BIOS 5)
- CPU: Intel Core i3-10100 (10th gen – does NOT support VMD)
- Storage: NVMe SSD (detected in BIOS and diskpart, but invisible in Windows setup)
- BIOS settings:
- Boot Mode: UEFI (CSM disabled)
- Secure Boot: Disabled
- Fast Boot: Disabled
- SATA Mode: AHCI (not RAID/Optane)
- Intel VMD option: Not present (expected, since 10th gen doesn't support it)
- Created a official Windows 11 USB using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool.
- Booting from USB, at the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, no drive appears (empty list).
- Pressing Shift + F10 → diskpart → list disk shows the SSD (476GB) perfectly. It also appears in BIOS.
- Tried loading Intel RST drivers (F6flpy, iaStorVD.inf) from MSI and Intel. The "Install" button in the driver dialog does nothing or doesn't proceed.
- Tried converting the SSD to GPT using clean and convert gpt via diskpart – no effect.
- Disabled Secure Boot and Fast Boot – no change.
- My CPU (10th gen) has no VMD support, yet Windows 11 insists on asking for a driver as if a VMD controller exists.
The SSD is visible in BIOS and diskpart, but the Windows 11 graphical setup refuses to see it. I don't need a VMD driver (hardware doesn't support it), but the setup still blocks me. Need a root cause fix.
What I've tried (unsuccessfully):
- Forcing UEFI only mode.
- Disabling Secure Boot & Fast Boot.
- Loading multiple RST driver versions (including .inf files).
- Manually partitioning via diskpart (clean, convert GPT).
- Using both Rufus and official Microsoft Media Creation Tool.
