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Did you extract the drivers? You need to get the SATA controller *.inf (aka: extracted) drivers, and put that in a drive or disk, and load thsoe up.

Windows setup cannot run .exe's, because well... Windows isn't installed.

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Well, windows won't install on my Dad's HP laptop. It asked me for drivers, so I downloaded every driver possible for the damn thing, and put them on the USB. The Windows installer prompted me to find the location, I did, and it told me no drivers found. Well, no problem I thought, I'll just put the SSD in my computer and install windows from there. So I unplugged all my drives and plugged in the SSD, then I put the USB in and booted it up. BAM. Now it tells me that windows can't use that drive. I formatted it from the installer (More drive options, format) and still nothing. Well, I really don't know what I missed and I'm at my wit's end, so I figured I'd come here. 


 


Any help? 


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Alright, my problem is windows. I have an HP laptop that my dad wanted an SSD for. So I got the SSD, put it into the laptop and tried to install Windows via USB. The installer tells me I am missing drivers. So I went to HP's website and downloaded all the possible drivers for the laptop and put them on the USB.  Now then, the damn thing still tells me that I need drivers, even after selecting the location. So I thought, no biggie, I'll install plug the SSD into my computer and install windows through there. So I unplugged all my drives, external, internal, and I plugged in the SSD and put the USB in. 

BAM

Put the drive in a USB 2.0 slot. I had this issue when in a USB 3 slot.

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Well, windows won't install on my Dad's HP laptop. It asked me for drivers, so I downloaded every driver possible for the damn thing, and put them on the USB. The Windows installer prompted me to find the location, I did, and it told me no drivers found. Well, no problem I thought, I'll just put the SSD in my computer and install windows from there. So I unplugged all my drives and plugged in the SSD, then I put the USB in and booted it up. BAM. Now it tells me that windows can't use that drive. I formatted it from the installer (More drive options, format) and still nothing. Well, I really don't know what I missed and I'm at my wit's end, so I figured I'd come here. 

 

Any help? 

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Still nothing. 

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The installer shouldnt ask for drivers at all,.. unless your using raid or a pci-e ssd that needs drivers.

 

SSD's get seen via the bios like normal HDD's and Windows Setup should see and select them without ANY drivers whatsoever.

Re-Create your Windows Install USBDrive, Format USB and put Windows back on it and try again, I think corrupt files are making it have issues.

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It is possible the laptop cannot support the firmware of the SSD. I had a similar issue with my old laptop and it not being compatible with my SSD due to it conflicting with the firmware on the SSD. The way I fixed it was to update the BIOS on the laptop.

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Did you extract the drivers? You need to get the SATA controller *.inf (aka: extracted) drivers, and put that in a drive or disk, and load thsoe up.

Windows setup cannot run .exe's, because well... Windows isn't installed.

Well, I gave up and installed Ubuntu, but I'll keep this in mind in case I need to install Windows. Thanks everyone.

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