Windows 10 installer don't detect NVMe drive

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I have 2 drives:

  • disk1 (SATA SSD, with Ubuntu 16.04)
    • partition1 (sda1: flag /boot)
    • partition2 (sda2: flag /home, encrypted by LUKS)
  • disk2 (NVMe SSD)

So, the goal is to install Windows 10 on disk2 and boot it from GRUB (which is on sda1).

What is the problem ?

In disk-choose step, disk2 is missing. However Ubuntu 14.04 installer "see" this disk, so I assume that is software issue, rather than my hardware.

What I tried to solve this problem ?

  • loaded Samsung NVMe drivers from this thread
  • patched Windows image using DISM tool by adding 2 updates. I followed this guide
  • tried to run Windows 10 installed on USB stick to install it

All of them failed.

Please help me to solve this issue.

werasquez

Posted 2017-10-21T15:10:36.257

Reputation: 19

you need to add the driver to the boot.wim not install.wim. have you done this? – magicandre1981 – 2017-10-21T17:49:57.300

@magicandre1981 yes, I linked guide for this. – werasquez – 2017-10-21T17:55:09.013

which win10 build do you use? – magicandre1981 – 2017-10-21T18:04:48.100

@magicandre1981 mainly i tried intsall Windows 10 Professional N but somtimes I tried with Windows 10 Professional (N version doesn't include Windows Media Player, thats all difference) – werasquez – 2017-10-21T18:14:16.360

this is the edition/SKU. I mean the version/build (v1507/Build10240 or v1511/Build 10586 or v1607/Build 14393 or v1703/Build 15063 or the newest v1709/Build 16299? Try the newest version if possible. it always has best HW support. – magicandre1981 – 2017-10-22T08:01:02.023

I've posted here how to get the Windows 10 ISOs. Try here the newest 1709 ISO

– magicandre1981 – 2017-10-22T08:17:13.487

@magicandre1981 I used the ISO downloaded yesterday from micosoft website, so i assume it's pretty new. – werasquez – 2017-10-22T08:53:47.260

Answers

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So. The solution is:

When arrive at the custom advanced screen during setup, press Shift + F10

type the following commands

DISKPART

Hit Enter

list volume

Next you will select the volume where you would like to install Windows 10 Type: select disk #

# represents the number the volume

Type: clean

convert mbr

create partition primary

active

format quick fs=ntfs

exit

exit

And next:

Select the drive, click Delete

This will convert it to unallocated

Select it, click New

It should create additional partitions (system reserved and primary)

Select the primary drive then click Next

werasquez

Posted 2017-10-21T15:10:36.257

Reputation: 19

looks like the drive was UEFI/GPT formatting but you created a MBR stlyle uSB drive – magicandre1981 – 2017-10-22T17:11:28.257

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