Strix 18 2024 Edition Windows 11 Install

[NickT]

Im trying to do a clean install off a Windows 11 usb drive created with the Windows Media Creation Tool. I get as far as selecting the Drive to Install Windows 11 to and it doe not list a Drive.  Drive is missing. And I dont believe it takes a special driver? Model NVMe WD PC SN5000S SDEQNSJ-1T00-1002. Which seems to be a Western Digital Drive. I updated the Firmware on the driver via MyAsus back about 3 months ago when I got this drive.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

[0SM0]

https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044458/

[NickT]

I followed this to no success. I went to download the Intel Rapid Storage Driver and it says my system is not supported when trying to run the file.

[0SM0 · Accepted solution]

Here you have the appropriate driver, unpack it to a bootable pendrive and use it during installation click load driver😉

Driver: https://we.tl/t-HzyWnwGRV0

[NickT]

That did it. I was missing the drivers for the drive. Thanks again!

[Zalevskiy]

The easiest way is to disable VMD in the BIOS.

Enabled VMD may cause problems in the future when installing two Windows on one disk or after a bootloader failure.

The VMD feature is useful for backing up OS/Linux servers, but the average user does not need it.