The experience taught John the importance of having the correct drivers installed on a system. He realized that the Intel RST VMD driver was a critical component of the server's storage infrastructure and that it required careful installation and configuration. From then on, John made sure to always check for the latest drivers and to carefully follow installation instructions to ensure optimal system performance.

Many laptop manufacturers still provide pre-extracted ZIP packages for their specific models to assist with "No Drive Found" errors. You can find these on support pages for:

When you reach the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen and see no drives, click Load Driver .

You can bypass the need for the driver entirely by turning off VMD.

But Windows setup often needs the extracted folder (not just an .exe), so the is essential.

With the Intel RST VMD driver installed, John's server was now able to take advantage of the advanced storage features provided by Intel RST. The data analytics team could now work with large datasets more efficiently, and the server's storage performance was significantly improved. John was happy to have overcome the initial challenge and successfully installed the driver.