Windows 10 install not detecting HD after wipe.

1Mythical1 said:

Sure thing:

I searched for the HD by name instead of by serial/model number and I was able to find a different set of drivers in .inf format. I then loaded those drivers onto a USB stick and windows setup recognized them as compatible with my hardware.

It was MaloK's reply that made me focus more intently on finding the drivers. I thought my drive wipe had made the HD unrecognizable by windows.

I'm sorry, I don't remember websites or anything like that. I tried so many different sites and possible solutions that my head was pretty scrambled by that time.

This HP Victus 16 is a sweet machine. Solved all of my screen resolution woes....and more!

I also ran some debloating scripts from GitHub and got rid of all the W10 junk.


Thanks again for the replies.

Thx.

There were 5 computer results on the HP website after entering HP Victus 016.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers...p&type=laptops

Please enter the serial number or sku to identify the computer with its drivers and post a URL into this thread.

The drivers displayed on the HP website were not able to be used?

They did not display results using inf for comparison?

zbook said:

Had you encountered this problem at an earlier time?

How come this problem rarely occurs during clean installs?

How were you able to identify the problem(s) in this thread?

1- This is not a problem, While it occurs very rarely with Windows 10 Setup, it is still a possibility that the installer could be missing required Storage drivers. That is why backing up Drivers from the current installation before wiping is always a good move.

2- This always occurs during Clean installs. But Since Windows 10 Installer has "nearly" all storage drivers incorporated, it's rare to encounter a machine that would need OEM Drivers disk to successfully install. If you need to install drivers at windows setup you will need them too for repairs and off-line interventions.

3- G Parted had no problem finding and partitioning the disk multiple times. And there's only 2 things that can make a Disk drive unavailable to Windows Setup... 1-defective device 2-missing driver. Since the machine is completely new and G Parted loaded the disk properly. I went for the missing driver.

It does not happen often but it's like in the old days when you had to load the PIIX4 IDE drivers to install NT4 on a EIDE Disk.