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Cannot upgrade a W10 box to W11 with Samsung SSD 980 and SQL Server 2016 installed. UPDATE.
- Hello Joerg!
This is Angelina. Thank you so much for reaching out regarding this matter. I will try to reach out and see if I can get some help getting this issue resolved.
One thing I would like to suggest is attempting to install Windows 11 via a USB bootable media using the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool. (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
This may allow you to install Windows 11, but I am not entirely sure as I have not encountered this problem before.
Angelina2552
Hi Angelina,
I have used the Media Creation Tool in 2 versions to execute an in place upgrade. Same problem. Samsung SSD 980 Pro blocks the upgrade.
Another alternative is to create a physical medium and use this for an in place upgrade. If this would succeed, will my W11 than receive the normal maintenance?
TIA and best regards
UP
I've been thinking and doing some research about this problem. I may have found a possible solution. Is the Samsung SSD your only drive or do you have a second one?
The reason I ask this is because if you have multiple drives you may be able to have one drive to support your Operating System (one different than the SSD you have), and one for all of your applications, files, and personal data. Since at this point it seems like a compatibility issue between your SSD and Windows 11
If you are able to try this idea, you'll still get all of the updates and drivers your device needs through the drive with the OS on it.
Angelina2552
Hi Angelina,
sorry for the delay 😉. In between. I have tested your recommendation. Unfortunately it does not help. All my SQL data bases are stored on Samsung 980 Pro devices because I need the speed of those for system test purposes. The incompatibility you have mentioned is well known and an official fix for W11 has been published (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/admin/troubleshoot-os-4kb-disk-sector-size). I have also tested SQL Server 2019 on a W11 box using one Samsung 980 Pro SSD and this parameter setting. It works flawlessly.
Pls. take into account, that this is not a specific problem of my configuration. There will be thousands of developer with W10 system using Samsung 980 PRO SSDs.
My problem is the missing update to the Upgrade process to implement the above fix and no longer block the upgrade. I also could replace all Samsung SSDs with another disks, let it upgrade and clone the disks back to 980 PRO SSD. That's a job for days
I think, the best approach could be to alert Jennifer G. I have already posted this topic in my Insider account without any reaction from Jennifer. Which seems to be an indication, that real power users like developers only sparsely opt in for Windows Insider.