Windows On A New Drive ^hot^ | Reinstall

| Problem | Likely Cause | Fix | |---------|-------------|-----| | Installation can't see new drive | Missing storage driver (especially NVMe on older Windows ISOs) | Load driver from USB: Download manufacturer's f6flpy-x64 driver, extract to USB, click "Load driver" during drive selection. | | "Windows cannot be installed to this disk" | Partition table type mismatch (GPT vs. MBR) | Clean the disk: Press Shift+F10 → diskpart → list disk → select disk X → clean → convert gpt → exit. Then refresh. | | PC boots to black screen after install | BIOS boot mode (UEFI vs. Legacy) | Re-enter BIOS, change boot mode to UEFI (if Windows installed on GPT) or CSM/Legacy (if MBR). | | Old Windows appears in boot menu | Old drive still connected | Disconnect old drive, repair bootloader using bcdedit, or reinstall with only new drive connected. | | No network/Wi-Fi driver | Windows missing generic driver | Use another PC to download Ethernet/Wi-Fi driver from motherboard/laptop vendor, transfer via USB, install. |

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