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OK @ThatPlace928, we're going to have to meet up somewhere and plot some karmic retribution for the local Intel peeps for allowing this idiocy to stand... and I do apologize because the last time I did this... this was MUCH easier.
Again this link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...ptane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html
So, the link I gave you is correct, any system on the planet utilizing Intel's RST storage WILL WORK with that driver but here's the thing... that exe is USELESS on Windows Installation. You NEED THE DRIVER PACKAGE!
Now, historically you'd just run SetupRST.exe on whatever you used to download it, it'd ask if you wanted to extract the drivers, you'd aim that at the Windows USB drive and off with your day! Equally historically you used to be able to just extract the downloaded .exe file with 7zip and get the dirvers!
But that's not what happens anymore....
Now you have to open a command line up, and hit SetupRST.exe with switches that aren't documented in the tool's own internal help... the command line BURIED IN THE README!
./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted
That command will create a SetupRST_extracted folder right next to the exe file. Within you'll have to drill down a few levels but you'll find all the Intel storage system drivers for everything they do there, I'm not sure if you need the AHCI, RAID, or VMD folders, but one of those will light up your storage and allow the Windows installation to continue.
Once you get that going I mean it... we need to meet up and plan some hot desert justice for the idiot that thought this was a great idea.
Note, the readme is linked in the top right of the above link, and again everyone here that needs to support Intel based equipment... will want to know this because everything younger than 11th gen REQUIRES this driver to install. Some of the older units won't if you're on Win11 these days, but still this is very much the press F6 to load a driver thing we had to do for WinXP all the time, in the modern age... and buried half under a rock.
OK @ThatPlace928, we're going to have to meet up somewhere and plot some karmic retribution for the local Intel peeps for allowing this idiocy to stand... and I do apologize because the last time I did this... this was MUCH easier.
Again this link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...ptane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html
So, the link I gave you is correct, any system on the planet utilizing Intel's RST storage WILL WORK with that driver but here's the thing... that exe is USELESS on Windows Installation. You NEED THE DRIVER PACKAGE!
Now, historically you'd just run SetupRST.exe on whatever you used to download it, it'd ask if you wanted to extract the drivers, you'd aim that at the Windows USB drive and off with your day! Equally historically you used to be able to just extract the downloaded .exe file with 7zip and get the dirvers!
But that's not what happens anymore....
Now you have to open a command line up, and hit SetupRST.exe with switches that aren't documented in the tool's own internal help... the command line BURIED IN THE README!
./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted
That command will create a SetupRST_extracted folder right next to the exe file. Within you'll have to drill down a few levels but you'll find all the Intel storage system drivers for everything they do there, I'm not sure if you need the AHCI, RAID, or VMD folders, but one of those will light up your storage and allow the Windows installation to continue.
Once you get that going I mean it... we need to meet up and plan some hot desert justice for the idiot that thought this was a great idea.
Note, the readme is linked in the top right of the above link, and again everyone here that needs to support Intel based equipment... will want to know this because everything younger than 11th gen REQUIRES this driver to install. Some of the older units won't if you're on Win11 these days, but still this is very much the press F6 to load a driver thing we had to do for WinXP all the time, in the modern age... and buried half under a rock.
I've tried a few times in the past but never got good at it, since I've never had a need for it. So now I will have to figure it out. Anyone hae any links to software that can actually expand the C: volume? The only option I could see was "shrink volume". The "expand volume" was grayed out.
