I can’t install windows. | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

tropic hearth Oct 6, 2024, 1:34 AM

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When I run the windows 10 installer, everything works fine until I have to choose the drive to install windows on. It doesn’t list any drives. I have a 512gb drive in my computer, and there are no hardware issues. What could be causing this?

Steps to reproduce:
Run windows 10 installer from bootable drive
Proceed until screen where you choose what drive to install windows on
Nothing is listed

Expected behavior:
The drive in my pc should be listed

Current behavior:
My drive is not listed, so I can’t install windows.

tropic hearth Oct 6, 2024, 2:32 AM

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Fixed it by installing a driver.

unreal iron Oct 6, 2024, 4:43 AM

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2 things may cause this. either you need to prewipe the whole drive (for example by making a new partition table with gparted=live bootable environment on CD/USB)

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OR u have a difficult SSD like one using RST/VMD/OPTANE

#I can’t install windows.