I’m struggling with Windows 7, it gets to the drive selection screen, but I can’t manage to find a driver that allows it to see the disk. I have tried a lot of NVME drivers with no results.
This is my hardware info:
HP 15DY2795WM Laptop.
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Mainboard: HP 87FE
Drive: SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1
I’d appreciate if someone could lend me a hand, thanks in advance.
Edit by Fernando: Thread moved into the better matching OS specific Forum Category “Windows 7”
@array_roamer
Welcome to the Win-Raid Forum!
If you have problems to get an outdated OS like Win7 properly installed onto any SATA SSD (its manufacturer and model name doesn’t matter), you should check and post the HardwareIDs of the on-board SATA Controller (AHCI/RAID/VMD).
Unfortunately you have not yet posted them. You can see the HardwareIDs of any in-use on-board SATA Controller after having installed a modern Windows OS like Win10 or Win11. Then run the Device Manager, expand the “IDE/ATAPI Controllers” and - if applicable - the “Storage Controllers” section, do a right-click onto the listed device(s) with the word “Controller” in it and choose the options “Properties” > “Details” > “Property” > “HardwareIDs”.
Usually it is the manufacturer of the PC or laptop, who has to deliver the required drivers to the user. Have you already searched for them by joining any HP Support page?
When I enter your info about your HP laptop into Germanys HP Support page, I get this result: HP Laptop-PC 15s-fq2000 (2D119AV)
If you really own this laptop model, you may need an Intel RST “Volume Management Device” (VMD) driver from v18 platform up. AFAIK such drivers are only available for modern Windows Operating Systems from Win10 up. If I am right, it will be difficult to get Win7 installed onto your modern laptop (unless the BIOS offers the option to disable the RST completely or the VMD mode).