Question Hey I just bought a 970evopluss m.2 for my pc and tried to download windows but I can't anyway to get around this or do I have to buy a compatible ssd

[vashman]

Hey I just bought a 970evopluss m.2 for my pc and tried to download windows but I can't anyway to get around this or do I have to buy a compatible ssd?
when I get to the installation part it tells me my hardware may not support it and to check if controllers are enabled they are enabled btw
did a convert to gpt thing on the ssd trying to fix it was able to download windows but then it wouldn't boot and it would just throw me back to the bios
tried csm start up or whatever its called tried it about 20 times restarting my pc re putting in the ssd completely turning off my pc and back on restarting multiple times after downloading windows but then it tells me it wont support it

Hardware
z390e gaming asus motherboard https://www.amazon.com/Asus-ROG-Str...t=&hvlocphy=9033660&hvtargid=pla-568399766766
970 evo plus 1 terabyte https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-...ectronics&sprefix=970e,electronics,276&sr=1-3
2060 ti I don't remember which one
and that's all the important stuff I think... also I'm not apposed to buying another ssd just don't want to wake 2 weeks for it to get here I live in a barren land..

 

[USAFRet]

yeah same thing just went straight into bios its says that the m.2 drive is in there but I have no boot options

7 minutes....

I realize this drive is 'fast', but you did a whole new install, deleting the previous partitions, etc, etc?

 

[vashman]

do you wanna get on a discord call or something to lead me through this cause maybe I am doing something wrong but to delete it takes less than second

 

[vashman]

so when im in the windows set up screen and its showing me my partitions it has the delete option and it my screen freezes for a second and then it clears it also iddn't realize this had a second page my bad for the late reply

 

[vashman]

so I've now tried both ways to clean it first one was using windows set up thing to delete each drive and then using the cmd prompt to clean disk

 

[USAFRet]

In the window with the partitions...

It should eventually say:
"Drive 2 Unallocated Space" and 9xx.0GB

One single line for Unallocated space.

 

[USAFRet]

It should look something like this before you continue (different Total and Free size, obviously)

 

[vashman]

let me check\

 

[vashman]

ok I did that now My windows set up looks like the picture

 

[USAFRet]

ok I did that now My windows set up looks like the picture

Click Next...

When done, and it wants to reboot, remove the flash drive and let the install reboot without it.

 

[vashman]

I did that but once again it booted straight to bios

 

[USAFRet]

I did that but once again it booted straight to bios

Do you have another PC available?

I'd try creating a NEW flash drive to install from.
See what happens.

If that still fails, then your other hardware may be at fault.

 

[vashman]

ok

 

[sonofjesse]

did windows install? if you did GPT make sure bios says UFEI

 

[GuardianFromSteam]

yeah same thing just went straight into bios its says that the m.2 drive is in there but I have no boot options

I know this would be a pain, but can you provide pictures of the steps you are taking when installing windows? something is going wrong somewhere.

 

[GuardianFromSteam]

Here, maybe this will help your issue: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/windows-10-not-booting-after-successful-install.3219307/

 

[GuardianFromSteam]

Hopefully it fixes it because this was the outcome of that post: "Thanks for all your assistance Colif, but it turned out to be a compatibility issue/solid state drive problem with the solid state I was installing. After working through things with MSi Tech Support, we came to this conclusion and I ended up just firing up my old HDD while I find a different SSD to use. Thanks again though! "

 

[vashman]

Yeah I went ahead and ordered a new ssd thanks for all the help guys!