Boot image Intel NVMe drivers is not seeing my disk

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This could probably go in questions or guides. I apologize if I have picked the wrong group.

I have seen this topic in the threads before and I believe I have followed the guides but it doesn't seem to be working. I am attempting to create an automated installer of Windows 11 Pro with 2 applications to install post OS, GCPW and Screenconnect. I would also like to delete the old partitions on the disk and create new partitions and create my admin user with password during the process.

I am using the latest Windows 11 Pro installer ISO downloaded from the Windows site. When I load the ISO, I see two images, one OS installer image with multiple versions of the OS and another boot image with a standard and PE version.

The issue I am having is the boot image is not seeing my NVMe disk in my Dell Precision desktop. I loaded the boot image into NTLite and added the drivers to the image. I have tried this two ways, adding the drivers from extracted driver files downloaded directly from the Dell site for this model, and I added the drivers from a different machine of the same model. In both cases, when I boot the USB, the boot installer cannot see the disk.

My process has been to add the drivers to both the boot and OS image, make my changes in NTLite to partition the disk, add my programs, and add my admin user. I also remove the pesky options to create a windows user and microsoft account. After updating both the images, I burn the whole project to and ISO and use Rufus to create the boot disk.

I feel there is some silly reason the disk isn't being found but I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere.

Thanks for your time,
Jesse
 
Intel RST and other NVME drivers need to be integrated into boot.wim (Setup) and install.wim images.

There's been a long known problem with Dell (and some HP) models picking an Intel storage controller which has driver conflicts, when integrated into a Windows image. What is happening is you have correctly added the expected driver, but during load time the wrong driver is "outranking" the correct one.

Several options are available:
- Try a different RST driver set​
- Remove the Intel storage drivers from both images, applying changes before integrating a newer driver.​
Components -> Drivers / Storage controllers / Intel​
- Disable RAID mode in BIOS, and allow Windows to use AHCI mode drivers​

While disabling RAID mode is not ideal, it appears to consistently work if you're tired of trying to figure which driver combination works. What's frustrating is the answer might depend on what Intel RST you have.

No Drives Detected, Win11 23H2 Driver Integration
 
It worked when I did some troubleshooting on a friend's PC

If in the bios, it is indeed the AHCI mode
Go to Dell Support and the Drivers download section for your Dell. The driver you want will be "Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver" download and extract the file to your USB drive. The file you want is called iaStorVD and you should find it after extracting

At the begin of your USB Windows install after you choose Custom Install and the screen shows nothing for the SSD drive that you know is inside your machine choose Browse, select your USB and drill down to the path of driver. Win install will circle for a minute before locating the iaStorVD file. Select next and your SSD will all its partitions should appear.

It may work for you too

With Dell (and others) this is often the problem, for this reason I prefer self-built PCs, need fewer drivers :D
 
OMG I want to shoot myself in the face because it was such a silly error. Changed the disk mode to AHCI in the bios and it installed without issue. TY for the help everyone.
 
Clang2 said:
i agree but sometimes you just need the simplicity of a laptop.
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Yes I also have a laptop, which I use most often for testing
I only use the desktop, when I'm at home, especially at the moment, with the temperatures, the WC helps a lot :)
jessethepro said:
OMG I want to shoot myself in the face because it was such a silly error. Changed the disk mode to AHCI in the bios and it installed without issue. TY for the help everyone.
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Great and you're welcome ;)
 
Clang2 said:
you must mean AC cos WC is the toilet and how the hell would a toilet help with the heat? hahahaha
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lol
WC => WaterCooling (in the computer world) ;)
Like AC => AirCooling
 
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had this problem this week when installing w10 on a new dell laptop. w10 setup reported missing driver but then this thread came to mind. looks like dell use Raid as the default setting but changed it to AHCI and setup was happy, made 2 of us.
bloody hell those nvme 2230 drives are small :oops:
 
No, the AHCI hack is for when you finally give up on finding the right driver combo.
 
officially it only supports w11 and ubuntu so i lucked out with w10 21h2 and the working igpu driver by choosing the 12th gen model.
 
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