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..

 

[sonofjesse]

[SOLVED] - PC boots straight into bios

I just upgraded my cpu and motherboard and can't get my computer to boot. I already updated my bios for ryzen 5000 series, checked all connections on the motherboard, and made sure only my boot ssd was plugged in. Whenever I go to select my boot device nothing shows up. My Motherboard: MSI MSP...

forums.tomshardware.com

(you can search should be a lot of other threads like this)

CSM=MBR
UEFI=GPT

You basically need to figure out if your disk is MBR or GPT then match the BIOS setting. (GPT is the way forward).

If this a new disk (not cloneing etc)

Just set MB to UEFI and then install 21h1 fresh as GPT.

 

[vashman]

what is MB and what is 21h1 ?
edit
I am not tech savvy at all infact I could have missed a few steps along the way I'm willing to fork out 100 bucks for a ssd to hold windows any suggestions that are in a gpt format? I saw this but I don't know if it is gpt

 

[GuardianFromSteam]

You can format your drive to GPT in the cmd prompt. You can google that. goodluck, if you have problems dont feel bad to message me.

 

[GuardianFromSteam]

Also, 21H1 is a Windows Version, don't worry too much about that

 

[USAFRet]

Start over with this install.

What other drives are in this system?
To install to this 970, you want ONLY that drive in there.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[vashman]

You can format your drive to GPT in the cmd prompt. You can google that. goodluck, if you have problems dont feel bad to message me.

So I formated my drive to gpt using cmd but when I go to download windows it still gives me the warning/error that windows cannot be download on this device I have restarted cleaned and tried multiple times and my boot settings have been changed to uefi and legacy to see if that was the problem multiple times

 

[vashman]

So I formated my drive to gpt using cmd but when I go to download windows it still gives me the warning/error that windows cannot be download on this device I have restarted cleaned and tried multiple times and my boot settings have been changed to uefi and legacy to see if that was the problem multiple times

also to note I don't know why but it is also calling it drive 2 but it is the only memory in my pc other then the USB that I'm using to download windows on

 

[USAFRet]

also to note I don't know why but it is also calling it drive 2 but it is the only memory in my pc other then the USB that I'm using to download windows on

What physical drives are in this system?

Don't assume....open it up and LOOK.

 

[vashman]

What physical drives are in this system?

Don't assume....open it up and LOOK.

what do you mean by physical drives when putting together the pc the only storage that I put in the the nvme m.2 other than that there is the ram and the graphics card plus cpu
also update I was able to download windows onto the m.2 drive but now bios says I have no bootable options

 

[USAFRet]

what do you mean by physical drives when putting together the pc the only storage that I put in the the nvme m.2 other than that there is the ram and the graphics card plus cpu
also update I was able to download windows onto the m.2 drive but now bios says I have no bootable options

If it says that, you did not install the OS properly.

Start over...

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

forums.tomshardware.com

And the term is "install", not "download".
Yes, it makes a difference.

 

[vashman]

ok so things i don't understand 1 it says my nvme is drive 2 but there is nothing else storage wise connected to my computer unless ram and gpus can do that the only other things are like the fans and power supply. I'm using a flash drive I bought from Microsoft for the installation of windows because I didn't have a windows key and wanted one so I thought I would do that also since I installed windows onto the m.2 it doesn't recognise it as a bootable option now

 

[USAFRet]

Screencap of what is showing you "drive 2".

Might that be Disk Management, and it is saying "Disk 2"
If so, that is not a problem.
Disk 0, 1, 2, 3.....is just the physical port it is in.

 

[vashman]

its the windows install thing says drive 2 929gb space

 

[USAFRet]

its the windows install thing says drive 2 929gb space

OK then.....
When you get to that part, DELETE that partition...indeed ALL partitions it may show in that space.
Leaving one blank space.
Continue on with the install.

 

[vashman]

ok be back in a minute

 

[vashman]

ok so this is what it says
drive 2 partition 1 300mb system
drive 2 partition 2 16mb msr reserved
drive 2 partition 3 928.7 primary
and you want me to delete them

 

[USAFRet]

ok so this is what it says
drive 2 partition 1 300mb system
drive 2 partition 2 16mb msr reserved
drive 2 partition 3 928.7 primary
and you want me to delete them

Yes.
Delete ALL of them, leaving one blank space.

In the above linked tutorial, Section II, Step 6 & 7 speak to doing that.

 

[vashman]

ok so I deleted all partitions till just the drive remained then installed windows now I'm back at the install screen and the 3 partitioned drives have reappered

 

[USAFRet]

ok so I deleted all partitions till just the drive remained then installed windows now I'm back at the install screen and the 3 partitioned drives have reappered

Right.
The Windows installation creates those 3 partitions.
You can't start with them already existing.

Does it work now?

 

[vashman]

so I should restart my pc remove the usb and see if it works

 

[USAFRet]

so I should restart my pc remove the usb and see if it works

Yes.

 

[vashman]

nope restarted my pc a couple of times and it just goes straight to bios
doesn't even say I have any boot options

 

[USAFRet]

nope restarted my pc a couple of times and it just goes straight to bios
doesn't even say I have any boot options

OK, try the install one more time.

This time....when it wants to reboot, this is when you remove the flash drive and let it continue.

 

[vashman]

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