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Aug 4, 2024, 5:22:23 PM8/4/24

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Im trying to install Windows (tried and failed both 10 and 11) on a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ITL6. Neither Windows installer recognises any storage drives. I've tried both with and without Intel VMD enabled in BIOS, to no avail.

With Intel VMD enabled, Windows suggests the "Intel RST VMD Controller 9A0B" driver but, after installing it, the installer returns an error saying "No new device drivers were found. Make sure the installation media contains the correct drivers, then click OK.".

I have checked the image that I previously flashed to the USB drive when I used gnome-disk-utility and the integrity check passed for Windows 11. This is the last image that I flashed, so I couldn't check the Windows 10 one. This also means that the Windows 11 image that I downloaded from Microsoft's servers here -us/software-download/windows11 contains all the files that's expected of it.

However, as previously recommended, we suggest you try creating the installer with another tool to discard that the root cause is how was being created. We downloaded the OS image, and created the installer with Rufus and it doesn't cause any issues.

I understand that you're keen on me trying Rufus, however, I couldn't find any versions which work on Linux. Given that I can only install Linux (currently Ubundu 23.04), Rufus is a no-go. In order to use Rufus, I'd need to install Windows, first, which is the main issue here.

Please be aware that we provide an Intel RST generic driver and Computer Manufacturers make customizations to their systems, including driver software hence we recommend you check this issue with your Computer Manufacturer or Microsoft to know why is still asking for the drivers when they have been installed already. Because, as previously mentioned, we downloaded an OS image and installed it normally in an Intel system without problems.

You can carry out this procedure with both Linux and Windows, though I don't know how to extract .exe file contents in a folder on Linux. You can search online how to do that.

Go to the Asus Website, from there, download the Intel RST drivers for your exact device name/model and windows 11. If you can't find one explicitly mentioning both your device's name/model and Windows 11, then you can try searching both the things together on google e.g. Asus IRST Drivers Windows 11 for BlablaBook/BlablaPad 6 11tWL5JW. If there still isn't anything on the Asus website satisfying both your wants together then just download your model's general drivers and if even they aren't available then as a last resort download the ones for 11th gen+.

Now run the driver file and don't 'Install' it, instead if there is an option of 'Extract Only', you can even directly extract to the rufus created bootable usb, just make sure not to overwrite anything. For linux, instead of ventoy use woeusb cli method. Now back to windows, if there was no 'Extract Only' option, then close the installer and open the windows powershell as administrator and run these commands:

Command 1: cd path to where your driver.exe is stored, you can copy it from its Properties

Command 2: ./driver file name -extractdrivers blablabla

Once you have placed the drivers extracted folder into your bootable usb. Load into your bios, enable VMD and then boot into your windows installation usb. When you click on 'Customized Install', Click on 'Load Drivers', now find the extracted folder, go to its subfolder and click on 'Open'. You will now see 1 or 2 .inf extension driver VMD files. If there is 1, just use it. If there are 2, then for Windows 11 you need the one that has 19 in it. The other one which has 18 in it is recommended for Windows 10.

Now you can install and use Windows 11 with Asus VMD. Boom.

1. lack of an archive: no Windows version is able to work, but both Intel and the manufacturer provide Windows executable files exclusively instead of archives. To install the Windows drivers, customers must first have Windows installed, which makes the point moot. @Jocelyn_Intel you should really provide archived downloads instead of .exe files, because Windows doesn't run in the first place, only other operating systems do.

3. @Jocelyn_Intel makes the assumption that the operating system's installation media (SD card, USB drive, CD ROM) is incorrectly copied, in spite of the customer stating otherwise, and insists that you, the end user, are the problem, not Intel nor the manufacturer. My screenshots should be evidence enough that the installation media works. Even if the OS installation media was somehow corrupted, we're discussing the inability to install drivers found on a separate drive, not on the OS installation media itself. It feels like Intel's customer support isn't able to go off script in spite of end users having a separate problem. After reading some other replies in this forum, it looks like this is Intel's "have you tried turning it off and on again?" standard customer support message. Intel employees just follow the script, unable to comprehend what the end user's problem actually is, standard first line of support.

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Hello does not speak English, I write through the compiler. Nowhere I can not find information on how to install LibreELEC normal PC without UEFI. If I create a bootable USB flash according to the instructions, created the GPT partition.

My laptop LCD without handles playback and H265 in fullHD, I have no reason to change it.

PS: So far Kodibuntu function does not work anymore and mainly contains needlessly whole person who starts a long time.

PPS: I can not at all with Linux. I can handle just DOS commands and WIN of course.

I am trying to simply boot from the created flashdrive. Flashdrive is created USB-SD Creator. Even so, it does not boot. But if you create a bootable Flask with Ubuntu ISO file to the same flashdrive how it works.

If i understand what you are saying is, you have a laptop without UEFI bios.

Trying to boot your laptop with a USB stick created with the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator, it do not boot but it will boot with the same USB stick with an image of Ubuntu?

I have a laptop without UEFI. Internal hard drive 320 gigabytes

If I create a "LibreELEC USB-SD" Boot Flask and not boot.

To know that it works, I tried to create a bootable flashdrive from the Ubuntu ISO. Thus, I have verified that the other operating system it works.

RDan Assuming your are running Windows try this,

Download Rufus 2.11 Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way.

Download and extract LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.gz once extracted you will have the file LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.

Open Rufus select your USB disk and click where it says "create a bootable disk using" it will open a window to select your file which will be hidden since it is not an .ISO, you have to select All files at the bottom right of the window then select your file LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img like so:

It should look like this:

Click start,ok,ok.

When finished your USB disk will be named LIBREELEC and have exactly these files in it:

Restart your laptop and boot from your USB disk you should see the bootloader Syslinux 6.03, at that point if you want to install to your internal hard drive do not type anything until you get to the installer menu.

Does it boot to the USB drive at all? verify your bios settings again.

The tool to update your bios is called Phoenix UEFI WinFlash Utility ( Fujitsu America - Support - LIFEBOOK ), are you sure you don't have a UEFI bios? check for CSM support in bios and also try deleting security keys and disabling secure boot if you find it in bios.

What happens when you try to boot the USB drive? black screen?

Can you try with another USB drive i had problems in the past with these Verbatim STORE N GO.

Also try a different USB port on the laptop.

Your USB drive should be named LIBREELEC after installing the image to the drive, did you extract LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.gz before using rufus?

When you try to boot it returns to the boot menu.

But the same flashdrive works with Ubuntu.

I downloaded and extracted tar.gz I IMG, the one I'm using 2.11 Rufus recorded on a flash drive. Since this is not an iso image but DD so there do not set any parameters or name.

No, i have installed LibreELEC on many different systems.

Not every generic x86-64 system i did had UEFI bios and when they do have UEFI i switch to CSM-support in bios,

because i prefer and find it easier to dual boot with Windows boot manager using syslinux bootloader for LibreELEC.

My guess is your BIOS is not configured right or USB drive is bad or flashed incorrectly or your laptop is trying to boot the USB drive in EFI mode.

Please disable Secure Boot in bios(Security tab) if you find it and take a look at this video and make sure any reference to your USB drive is not in the excluded from boot order. how to fix usb not found boot menu fujitsu lifebook - YouTube

Reinstall LibreELEC in the USB drive using the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator, you can check the show all box and try v7.90.010ALPHA if you want, when done delete this file "bootx64.efi" in LIBREELEC:EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi

And retry

Did you try this,

And retry

If this doesn't work ultimately you can take the hard drive out of the laptop plug it in another machine, install LibreELEC and then re plug the hard drive in your laptop.

You can try one of the tools out there to make a GPT partition table bootable on your device