| Feature | Without VMD | With VMD (Default in BIOS) | | --- | --- | --- | | NVMe SSD recognition | Normal | Hidden until driver loads | | RAID support (Optane) | Broken | Functional | | Hot-plug PCIe drives | No | Yes | | Standard Windows USB boot | Works | |
The culprit is almost always the same: technology. And the key to solving it is a small but mighty file: F6flpy-x64 -intel-R- Vmd-.zip Hp . F6flpy-x64 -intel-R- Vmd-.zip Hp
Or worse: You’ve cloned your old hard drive to a new NVMe SSD, but upon booting, Windows throws a . | Feature | Without VMD | With VMD
When VMD is enabled in the HP BIOS (which it is by default on all newer models), the NVMe controller is abstracted. The Windows installation media does not have a native inbox driver for this abstracted controller. Therefore, you must supply the driver during the “Load Driver” phase of setup. When VMD is enabled in the HP BIOS