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05-06-2025 04:07 AM
Intel RST VMD storage drivers need to be supplied to the Windows installer on Intel Core 11th-13th gen processors platform.
You can follow the steps below for the IRST driver installation:
1. Use a Windows installation usb drive created with Microsoft Media Creation Tool (an ISO file-based installation usb drives tend to cause errors during the IRST driver installation).
2. Download Intel RST driver from the link below. Run it as administrator and follow the on-screen instructions for the driver extraction.
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp146501-147000/sp146929.exe
3. Go to C:\SWSetup\sp146929. Double click the sp146929 folder and copy the F6 folder to the root directory of a Windows installation usb drive. The F6 folder contains IRST drivers which the installation setup needs to detect the storage drive.
4. Connect the usb drive to the notebook and boot the system from the usb drive. When asked where to install Windows, click on Load Driver -> Browse -> the usb drive in the window that opens -> the F6 folder -> OK.
5. Multiple .inf driver files may be displayed. Select one and click Next.
If no drivers are displayed, uncheck the little box on the bottom left corner of the screen to display drivers. Select an 'iaStorVD.inf' driver file and click Next to detect the storage drive.
6. The storage drive will be displayed with partitions if the drive had Windows installed previously. Delete each of all the partitions only to see "unallocated space" and click Next to proceed the installation.