ProBook 440 G8 doesn't see M2 NVMe SSD

[renomikem]

I wanted to wipe the hard drive and install a fresh Win11. The HD wasn't showing up at all. I remembered that BitLocker was turned on to I turned it off and it was taking awhile to decrypt. I got impatient and shut down the laptop. I pulled the hard drive and wiped it with DiskPart. I put it back in uninitialized and unformatted. Windows installer disk still can't see it. I've looked for various BIOS settings  and still can't figure out how to make the M20 NVMe show as an option for installing Windows. 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You have to load the Intel storage controller drivers at the point where Windows cannot find any drives to install on.

I have zipped up and attached below, the Intel storage controller drivers needed for Windows to find the drive.

Unzip and copy all of the files in the folder in the attachment to a USB flash drive.

Have the flash drive and your Windows installation media plugged into USB ports.

Boot from the Windows installation flash drive.

When you get to the screen where no drives can be found, click on the Load driver option, browse to the flash drive with the storage controller drivers on it.

If you check the box, it will only include the compatible driver.

If Windows still can't find the drive, uncheck the box to include the compatible driver and try any of the ones listed.