Hello I have been trying to install win11 on a formatted m.2 ssd. The installation progress goes up to 79% and prompts me that the system is about to restart. After the system restarts, it picks up from the beginning. I have tried removing the USB after the system restarts, and also have the UEFI hard drive, formatted with GPT, as the primary boot option. It seems as if it is not completely installing on the m.2.

Hi, Change UEFI USB KEY to USB Key Kingston. Try Install Windows 10 Thanks

Hi, Thank you for the information. Change to Legacy mode, only put the USB Key as the first partition and Hard Disk as the second. You will delete the partition and create a new one on the installation screen and try to install Windows 10. See if Windows starts to confirm if it's not a problem with the M.2 SSD. Thanks

Hi , Were you able to follow the procedure? Thanks

Clean win11 install on an M.2 SSD leads to restarting at 79%~

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Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-28T22:30:16.9533333+00:00

Hi,

Change UEFI USB KEY to USB Key Kingston.

Try Install Windows 10

Thanks
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Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-11-28T22:56:21.5633333+00:00

Hi

This is the installation screen when Kingston is selected as the primary drive.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-28T23:07:07.6666667+00:00

Hi ,

You have to delete the drive and create it again when you get this error.

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-11-28T23:56:00.0233333+00:00

Hi

This is the message I receive after deleting and recreating the partitions.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-29T00:26:56.5266667+00:00

Hi,

On the installation screen, press Shift+F10. In the command prompt, enter the following sequence:

Diskpart

Select disk 2

Clean

Exit

Restart the PC. Check if only disk 2 is listed as unallocated. Click on New and Apply.

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-11-29T01:09:24.55+00:00

Hi

While cleaning the disk I encountered this message. I restarted and it cleaned the disk without any issues.

Unfortunately, the issue still persisted.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-30T04:18:56.9066667+00:00

Hi ,

Did you manage to solve the problem?

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-11-30T17:14:01.1+00:00

Hi

Unfortunately this did not solve the issue.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-30T20:03:23.8433333+00:00

Hi,

The only option where your SSD is malfunctioning is that you have another computer where we can try installing on the SSD with a different BIOS system?

Thanks

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-02T09:20:27.5733333+00:00

Hi ,

Did you manage to solve the problem?

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-03T23:55:42.19+00:00

Hi

Sorry for the delay, I have been quite caught up lately! I will attempt tomorrow and report the results. Thank you very much for your assistance with everything!

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-04T11:01:13.8833333+00:00

Hi ,

I'm happy to help, I'll be waiting for your reply.

Thanks.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-06T03:35:08.6633333+00:00

Hi ,

Were you able to follow the procedure?

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-06T22:06:45.7+00:00

Hello, once again sorry for the delay!

I have acquired a second SSD, this one is not M.2. It is registered in the bios, but does not show up in the win10 setup options.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-06T22:33:44.91+00:00

Hi ,

Access diskpart and see if the SSD appears?

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-06T23:01:37.2166667+00:00

Hi

It does not show up, but when it is connected, disk 1 changes to disk 3.

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-06T23:24:36.57+00:00

Hi ,

This doesn't make sense. Do the following: remove the M.2 and leave only the SATA SSD.

Check if Secure Boot is disabled in the BIOS and set the storage controller to AHCI.

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-07T21:52:00.9066667+00:00

Hello

The BIOS recognized the new drive (as non UEFI). But upon proceeding to installation windows is unable to find the drive in setup. When using load driver, it does not show up in the results. (X: drive does not show any results for a drive)

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-07T22:30:50.22+00:00

Hello

I am going to attempt the process listed in this comment

https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/1f546os/comment/lkthkfo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Ivan B 88,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-08T02:29:20.73+00:00

Hi ,

Try this procedure if the Reddit procedure didn't work:

In this case, you would disable CSM, keep it with UEFI, and disable Secure Boot.

https://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/mb/AM4_RAID_Driver_WT.zip

You will recreate the drive using the Windows 11 media creation tool, and you will place these drivers and extract them to the same USB drive.

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Thanks

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-11T18:32:13.8433333+00:00

Hi

Apologies for the delay once again, the USB drive I was using stopped functioning. I will attempt the posted procedure. For clarification, should I put the linked file above onto the USB as well as the Win11 install files, or just the msi files?

Thanks again

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-12T01:23:23.41+00:00

Hi

I have found the solution. All I had to do was press F11 on startup.

🤦‍♂️

Thank you so much for your patience and assistance all this time!

Andrew Ragan 20 Reputation points

2025-12-12T02:59:32.5333333+00:00

Hello again

It turns out all I had to do was press F11 on startup.

Thank you so much for your patience and assistance!
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