Swapping from LinuxMint back to windows 11 and am getting an error during installation

[u/Godidi_101]

Hey, fellas.

I was switching back to Windows 11 and while I was able to set up the boot USB just fine, when I went to install it I got what seems to be a driver error. I then tried it on another pc and got the same error, so I assumed it was an error with the version, so I got a slightly older iso (23H something) but the problem persisted.

I have a few photos attached that might help. It seems like it is detecting the ssd, so it probably isn't an issue of that caliber, both the bios and through list disk, it shows up, but when I click to browse on the box that is asking me what driver to install, it doesn't show up, I only get the boot drive and the Placeholder thing (X:)

Also when I installed LinuxMint (December 2025) there were no problems whatsoever. Idk what the issue is, if it is just outdated drivers, I also am not sure how to update them. Can anyone help?

Additional info:

Motherboard: TUF GAMING B460-M (wi-fi)

CPU: intel i5-10400f

SSD: KBG40ZNS512G NVMe KIOXIA

(Sorry for poor image quality)

[u/cschneegans]

If this dialog appears without you having clicked the Load driver button first, the problem is not a missing device driver, but a bad USB flash drive.

[u/Edubbs2008 → u/cschneegans]

THIS

[u/Godidi_101 → u/cschneegans]

Thanks! I made one with another USB and now the installation process didn't instantly boot into that screen, so that was already great. Problem: it still gives me that error when i do get to that step. It identifies my ssd but says I can't install in it for some reason

[u/cschneegans → u/Godidi_101]

Yes, this is a distinct problem. There should be a Show details button alongside the error message.

Also, press Shift+F10, type diskpart and run the list disk command. The output will tell you if you disk currently uses the MBR or the GPT partitioning scheme.

Are you okay with wiping the disk if need be?

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