Storage driver Windows 11 24H2 Pavilion 16-af0002na

[MattBurt]

Hi,

I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 11 24H2 on a Pavilion 16-af0002na (A2SB9EA)

I need a storage driver for this, but I can't see anything storage-related (or RST-related) on the driver download page for this hardware and 24H2. If I 'expand all' and search for the word 'storage', I get no matches.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I suggest that you post your question on the Intel support forum because I could not find any Intel storage controller drivers for the Core Ultra processor platforms.

They do not exist on any of HP's support pages--even for the business class notebooks that have those processors.

I couldn't help this forum member either:

Re: Can't find necessary drivers to install Windows 11 to HP... - HP Support Community - 9271712

I checked to see if your notebook's product number (A2SB9EA #ABU) is supported by the HP cloud recovery tool and it is currently not supported.

Cloud Recovery

[MattBurt]

Thanks Paul - that's useful.

Post on Intel forum is here:-

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/Windows-11-24H2-driver-for-Core-Ultra-7-155U/m-p/1655485 

I'll send any useful responses back over here.

--
Matt

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Matt.

I appreciate it, because I am stumped.

I tried in vain to find the driver on Intel's website. 

Cheers,

Paul

[MattBurt]

Reporting back.

The bottom line is, with this hardware and 24H2 (December '24 update), the ISO image doesn't appear to work, but a USB stick created with the Windows Installation Media creator does.

I used an ancient Windows 10 machine to create the installation medium.

There's something very odd going on here. When the ISO is booted, it's possible to browse the C: drive from the driver loader window, so the problem isn't a missing storage driver for the NVMe drive.

I've got another network driver issue, but I'll raise a separate issue for that.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That's good news.  Thanks for letting me know.