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XanderHart
Aug 15, 2025Iron Contributor
New hard drive installation of Windows 11 prompts
The solid-state drive is new, the system is from the official website, and I used the official USB drive to boot up and install Windows 11. When searching for the hard drive, this prompt appeared. Wh...
gavinstrawbridge
Dec 15, 2025Copper Contributor
You may need to complete the steps below to install Windows 11:
Disable VMD/ RAID
- Enter BIOS/UEFI (usually F2, Del, or Esc)
- Look for:
- VMD Controller
- Intel RST
- RAID mode
- Change storage mode to:
- AHCI
- Disable VMD
- Save and reboot
- Start Windows installation again