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FannoFlow
Copper Contributor
Nov 10, 2025

Plagued by "Install Driver to Show Hardware" on fresh Windows 11 ISO

I've been plagued by the dreaded "Install Driver to Show Hardware" on my fresh windows 11 ISO (downloaded this morning)

Specs:

  • Gigabyte https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z890I-AORUS-ULTRA/support
  • Intel 265K CPU
  • 1TB Samsung NVME (boot)
  • 2TB Samsung NVME (general storage)
  • Intel B580 GPU

I've tried every BIOS setting I can think of, resorting to default, updating to latest BIOS, downloading drivers from the support page. But I can't seem to get past this install screen. The drivers either show as unsupported, or don't induce any new behavior after forcing install.

Executables show as "side by side configuration incorrect". I do not have another windows machine I can use the "Create windows installation media from". So I am stuck with the base ISO downloaded from Microsoft.

I'm at a loss here - any debugging tips would be greatly appreciated.

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deployment

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  • Eliaspefo's avatar
    Eliaspefo
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 18, 2025

    The "Install Driver to Show Hardware" message during Windows 11 setup is often caused by missing, incompatible, or corrupted drivers, especially for storage controllers, chipset, or NVMe devices. Given your hardware specs and the issues you've described.

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