Windows 10 installation tool cannot detect Intel SSDPEKNW NVMe SSD

Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 26 Reputation points
2021-01-04T15:40:18.267+00:00

Good day from Singapore,

Today I was trying to reinstall Windows 10 version 20H2 on Asus Vivobook 15 X513E laptop. The SSD is Intel SSDPEKNW NVMe SSD.

Windows 10 installation tool cannot detect the SSD. It says:

We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver.

I tried to download the NVMe SSD driver from the following links but it doesn't work.

Page: Client NVMe* Microsoft Windows* Drivers for Intel® SSDs

Link: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29983/Client-NVMe-Microsoft-Windows-Drivers-for-Intel-SSDs?product=35125

Page: Which NVMe* Driver Should I Use For My Intel® SSD?

Link: https://www.intel.sg/content/www/xa/en/support/articles/000055111/memory-and-storage.html

Could you tell me where I can download the correct NVMe SSD driver so that I can reinstall Windows 10?

Thank you very much.

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Singapore

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  1. André 0 Reputation points
    2023-06-26T17:00:33.2133333+00:00
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  2. Dan Lopez Herrera 0 Reputation points
    2023-10-15T00:38:55.97+00:00

    The whole problem is that the motherboards enter a mode called VMD, disabling this option you will see that the SSDs are recognized again, even those that already had an operating system installed and the user's files, the SSD is probably not damaged and Only activating this function makes it impossible for the motherboard to let Windows read the drive.

    By example ASUS Bios. While inside the BIOS, press f7 to enter advanced mode
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