Failed to set up Windows 11 on the new NVMe drive.
Failed to set up Windows 11 on the new NVMe drive.
On July 30th, I applied some Windows updates. Initially everything looked fine until the system restarted and I encountered a BSOD (OI1_INITALIZARION_FAILED) right at boot. After several failures, the recovery options appeared and I spent about an hour trying to recover. Eventually, I restored the system, but it didn’t return to normal. I kept seeing memory management errors, SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, and labeled "ACPI.sys" as the issue point. There was also an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with "ntoskrnl.exe". After a week of these blue screens, I decided to reinstall Windows 11. I used my older boot USB to begin the installation, but received an error code 0x80070570 related to memory management. Today I attempted to install on a brand new NVMe drive and new RAM, but the system refused to create a partition or find an existing one. Formatting the drive didn’t help either. I’m really unsure what to do and am panicking because my PC is essential for work. Current specs: Intel 11900k, 32GB RAM (both old and new are 32GB; old has 4 sticks, new has 2). Motherboard: MSI MAG Z590 Tomahawk, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Elite. Graphics: WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X. Old NVME: Samsung Evo 980 1TB. New NVME: WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X.
Consider rebuilding the setup files on another USB stick if possible. Execute memtest86 just to be sure. Use NVMe in a different PCIe lane. Update the BIOS via MBR.
Can the installer detect your new NVMe storage? If not, you likely need to install the driver first. Download the file from the provided link and place it in your system's installer directory. Run the setup, select the required folders, and proceed with installation.