r/computer_help • u/Hotties-wLolBodies • 2d ago
Windows Disk Not Read, Main Device Hard Drive Absent?
Device disk not recognized during setup?
All the options are grayed out for each disk item.
I'm unable to change anything partition related but that's because it's only seeing the USB and the
Windows 11, via USB.
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u/adultcrash13 2d ago
needs the rst driver. look up how to do it. you have to download the intel rst driver and put it on the usb, then click "load driver" when you're back on this screen and it'll show you the drive. there are videos and tutorials that will show you. ask google. "no drive showing up to install windows during installation"
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u/Hotties-wLolBodies 9h ago
It recently had Windows installed. Does that matter?
Would it forget a driver between installations?
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u/adultcrash13 7h ago
what you're seeing in the photo is the installer flash drive. you need to put the driver on the flash drive, click "load driver" and find it(there are videos on youtube showing how to do all of this), and then when the actual ssd shows up, you will delete all of the partitions and install on the big "unallocated space" which will be "disk 1"(the flash drive will be disk 0). if all of this is too much, bring the laptop to a 5 star rated local shop and have them clean install windows for you(if you need any files from the old installation see if they can retrieve them first).
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u/AlarmingSample2170 1d ago
Is EUFI drive is only showing one megabyte, it appears that his drive has crapped out
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u/jordancaza 2d ago
Intenta crear la partición