How to Fix the Intel VMD Driver Windows 11 Not Loading Problem?

Intel VMD Driver Windows 11 offers an easy way to configure supported platforms for RAID and Intel Optane memory volume management and Intel Xeon Scalable Family platforms with RST enabled. Please refer to the Release Notes and Readme for additional details.

Download Intel VMD Driver Windows 11 (Here)

Storage devices may not appear on the screen if you experience issues during Windows installation. To remedy this situation, load an IRST driver during setup to solve this problem.

How to install the driver?

The use of the Intel VMD driver provides an efficient method for configuring RAID or Optane memory on supported platforms. Still, sometimes the driver won’t load during Windows installation due to BIOS settings. To resolve the issue, follow these steps for loading it during setup:

To install the driver, first ensure your computer is UEFI-enabled by switching its boot option in BIOS to UEFI and downloading and extracting its latest version from the manufacturer’s website – then save this file onto an external storage device.

Once the files have been extracted, insert the USB stick into your computer and begin the Windows setup process. When prompted to select where you would like to install Windows, click “Load driver” and choose where the IRST files were extracted earlier.

Once selected, drivers will be installed. When completed, disk drives should become visible within Windows. This method typically works well; with AMD processor-equipped machines however, additional steps may need to be taken such as editing BIOS files.

Installation process:

Intel VMD Driver Windows 11 is an application that provides all the steps for configuring supported systems BIOS to enable RAID and Intel Optane memory volumes. The driver can be downloaded for the platform models listed below; please consult its release notes and readme file for additional information on system specifications, supported hardware, what’s new/updated/bug fixes/installation instructions/known issues/etc.

To install the driver, first, make sure that your BIOS settings support UEFI operation by changing the Boot Option setting from Legacy to UEFI and rebooting the PC to access the BIOS configuration screen. From there, select the [Advanced]2 tab followed by the [VMD Setup Menu]3 option before disabling the VMD Controller option before saving and exiting the BIOS Configuration Screen.

Once this step has been completed, connect a USB flash drive containing Microsoft Windows 10 or 11 operating system to your computer and copy over IRST driver files onto it. When connected, Windows will begin installing on its own, and once completed you should be able to see your newly installed drives appear in My Computer / My Drives.

Troubleshooting:

Numerous methods have been tried to address Windows 10/11 not installing drivers properly, with device driver troubleshooter or DISM/SFC scans providing the most successful results. Clean booting might also provide relief; otherwise, you might need to reset the computer altogether.

If your Intel CPU does not support its driver on your motherboard, installing new software or hardware, like an SSD may become problematic as this driver might not load properly and cause the operating system to fail during setup.

Some users report being unable to locate their storage drives when Windows asks where they would like to install their operating system, due to firmware updates transforming drive controllers to RAID format. This can be very irritating and even make one believe that their drive has failed completely.

To remedy the situation, disable Intel’s VMD driver by accessing BIOS settings. To do this, enter the [Advanced] screen and select [VMD setup menu]. Selecting this button allows you to choose an option to temporarily disable drivers before saving them and rebooting the computer – hopefully restoring everything will now run as it should! Many have found success using this approach so if your drive is giving you trouble it might be worthwhile giving this method a go if experiencing difficulties.

Conclusions:

Intel VMD Driver is an essential Windows OS component and should be installed on any PC equipped with an Intel Xeon Scalable CPU. It enables the Intel RST (Intel’s Rapid Storage Technology) platform to manage NVMe drives, hardware RAID volumes, and Optane memory volumes efficiently.

Intel VMD Driver for Windows can be downloaded directly from their website and installed following on-screen instructions. If you experience difficulty installing them on your computer, try restarting in safe mode and trying again to install them.

Your BIOS settings must also be checked to make sure the drivers are enabled, and MiniTool Partition Wizard should be used as a backup solution should anything go wrong during installation. It can clone hard drives, create Windows backups, recover USB data from drives connected via USB cables, test SD card speeds, clone partitions on Mac computers as well as Linux ones, and is often recommended by both experts and users alike.