How to Fresh Install Windows 11 on HP laptop

[AlienDemonDark]

I tried to do a fresh reinstall of Windows 11 and during the setup it did not detect the NVMe drive to choose from I tried Load drivers and nothing happened.   So how do you get the windows setup to detect the drive on the HP laptop 15-dy2091wm?

Thank you

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I guess that W11 doesn't have the storage controller drivers you need either.

Here's what you need to do...

See the info at the link below.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-15-f2000-laptop-pc-series/35900344/model/35900346/document/c...

Here is the link to the driver you need...

This package contains the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver for the supported notebook models and operating systems. The Intel Rapid Storage Technology is designed to provide functionality for the Intel Storage Controllers. The driver improves Serial ATA (SATA) disk performance with Native Command Queuing.

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp111501-112000/sp111776.exe

There is something that is not quite right in that document, and that is where HP tells you to right click on the Intel driver file and select Extract to

When I ran through the steps, I don't get an Extract to option when I right click on the file.

So, if you have the same issue, download and install the free 7-zip file utility from the link below.

The 2nd file at the top of the page is for 64 bit.

7-Zip (7-zip.org)

Then you can right click on the exe file, select 7-Zip from the menu, and select Extract to: and let it extract the file into its folder name (sp111776), and copy that folder to your USB flash drive, and continue with the instructions.

[AlienDemonDark]

Thank you so much for the help it worked the setup can see the drive

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.