You are installing Windows 11 on a new Intel laptop. The setup cannot find your NVMe SSD.
During a "Custom" Windows installation, users may encounter an error stating, "We couldn't find any drives". This occurs because the Windows setup media lacks the specific Intel RST driver needed to communicate with the storage controller. The format is essential because it contains the raw files that Windows Setup can read. Intel Community 2. How to Obtain the Driver Intel has largely replaced standalone downloads with a single SetupRST.exe installer, but the driver files can still be extracted. Intel Community Official Source: Download the latest RST driver from the Intel Support Page Manual Extraction: If only an is available, you must extract it using a command terminal: PowerShell as an administrator in the folder containing SetupRST.exe Run the command: ./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted A folder named SetupRST_extracted will be created containing the driver files. Intel Community 3. Step-by-Step Installation Procedure Prepare USB: rapid intel storage technology f6flpyx64nonvmdzip install
Copy the (all files and subfolders) directly to the root of this USB drive. Example path after copying: E:\f6flpyx64nonvmd.inf , E:\iaStorAC.sys , etc. You are installing Windows 11 on a new Intel laptop