No storage drivers in installer


  1. Posts : 27
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #1

    No storage drivers in installer


    Trying to install Windows 10 on Thinkpad T60 2004-4AU, don't have a hard drive in it so I am using a 64GB SanDisk Glide flash drive and it does not see it, it says "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver."
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  2. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #2

    AvidSurvivalist said:
    Trying to install Windows 10 on Thinkpad T60 2004-4AU, don't have a hard drive in it so I am using a 64GB SanDisk Glide flash drive and it does not see it, it says "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver."
    Only Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education allow installing to a removable drive.
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  3. Posts : 27
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I managed to use WinToFlash and it worked beautifully!
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  4. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #4

    AvidSurvivalist said:
    I managed to use WinToFlash and it worked beautifully!
    Can you please post how you used that to actually install Windows 10 to a flash drive, please?
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  5. Posts : 27
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Correction from my last post it is called WinToUSB NOT WinToFlash :)
    I download the Windows 10 ISO file. Downloaded WinToUSB from here - Clicked on the free one, I installed it, When I opened it I selected the ISO file then chose the option that I needed below, in my case only one showed up but I only did this once, You then select the destination disk, and select where you want your system and boot partitions. Next choose how big you want your virtual hard drive to be, it will then install. After it was done I plugged it in and turned on my Thinkpad and booted from USB. From there it will do the same thing as if you installed to a hard drive, it will go though and install device drivers and all that lovely stuff that takes forever for me.

    This is how it shows the flash drive in file explorer - The first is the VHD and the second is the actual flash drive.
    No storage drivers in installer-devicesanddrives.png
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  6. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #6

    Very cool. I need to check that out.

    Thanks for posting a detailed set of directions.
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  7. Posts : 3,511
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 21H1 (May 2021 build 19043.1083)
       #7

    Let's hope Windows won't realize they are running from a USB and block. I had installed an old version of Windows (maybe XP) on a hard disk and then tried to connect it to the same computer via USB using an IDE/USB adapter. I only got BSOD and could never boot. Maybe WinToUSB works better.
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