Installing windows 10 onto an m.2

[justinjackman]

Im planning on starting a new build and i want to download windows 10 onto a samsung pro 970. I was just wondering how to do that. Do i just put the m.2 in and no other storage space and then just boot up the pc with windows 10 disc in?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes , just make sure it's a bootable STORAGE device in the BIOS.

 

[USAFRet]

Im planning on starting a new build and i want to download windows 10 onto a samsung pro 970. I was just wondering how to do that. Do i just put the m.2 in and no other storage space and then just boot up the pc with windows 10 disc in?

Yes.
With Win 10 and current hardware, no real difference vs any other drive type.

How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

 

[Calvin7]

Have the M.2 drive as the only storage drive connected.

Go into the bios, under the boot tab there is an option for CSM, make sure it is disabled.

Click on secure boot option below and make sure it is set to other OS, not windows UEFI.

Click on key management and clear secure boot keys.

Insert a USB memory stick with a bootable UEFI USB drive with Windows 10 Setup* on it, USB3 is quicker but USB2 works also. A Windows DVD won’t work unless you’ve created your own UEFI Bootable DVD.

Press F10 to save, exit and reboot.

Windows 10 will now start installing to your NVME drive as it has its own NVME driver built in.

When the PC reboots hit F2 to go back into the BIOS, you will see under boot priority that windows boot manager now lists your NVME drive.

Click on secure boot again but now set it to WIndows UEFI mode.

Click on key management and install default secure boot keys

Press F10 to save and exit and windows will finish the install. Once you have Windows up and running, shutdown the PC and reconnect your other SATA drives.

*How to create a bootable UEFI USB drive with Windows 10 Setup:
https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-create-a-bootable-uefi-usb-drive-with-windows-10-setup/

 

[smorizio]

also before you change or install the os make sure your mb has the newest bios file on it.