Solved Nvme Driver

[reds4nilan]

Just before i go ahead and buy a nvme, will i see large difference in boot times with this than the existing Samsung 850 Evo sata ssd, i already use? And would the m.2 slot on the motherboard, (even though it is restricted) be faster than the 850 Evo ssd i have. As the only reason for the upgrade is that i'm now running out of space on the 850 Evo and if real world performance is neglible and not so much noticeable, would it be better to go with a sata ssd or m.2 than a nvme?

 

[reds4nilan]

That is the method I used when I got my first m.2 nvme drive and it worked fine.

I'm unable to get my nvme drive to boot in to windows.



1. I installed the win7 nvme hotfix.
2. Cloned my original boot partition to the nvme disk.
3. Bios settings CSM enabled and Boot from PCI-E/Expansion devices set to UEFI driver first.
4. Can't find the nvme drive in Boot priority only my original win7 disk, but it is visible in win7 when booted from the original boot disk.


Please help, as i don't know if i've missed something or doing something wrong.

 

[johnhoh]

Some of these issues are motherboard dependent - some have different names for their settings and some have more settings than others. My board is two generations newer than yours and it worked pretty easily. Here's a thread with some ideas to check out. Most points may not apply, but maybe your fix is buried in there.
m2 SSD not detectable in BIOS | TechPowerUp Forums

Couple other things to check are:

- When you boot from your original win7 boot drive...
..... does the nvme drive show up as pci-e, or just sata attached. An m.2 nvme drive can run either way and you obviously want it to be pci-e.
.... Try replacing the microsoft nvme driver with the manufacturer's driver for your nvme. Mine is samsung, I do not use the windows nvme, but some nvme manufacturers do not have their own driver so you have to stick with microsoft.
..... are both drives the same partition type (both MBR or both GPT)

- The instant you finish a clone you need to shutdown and remove the original drive because if you boot again from the original drive, the boot sector of your nvme drive gets altered and may become unbootable. This means when you do things like I suggested above (e.g. check on sata vs pci-e mode with the nvme as the non-boot drive), you will need to re-clone afterward. Alternatively, you could use bootsec or other tool to repair the boot sector but I wont go into that. Easier to just re-clone.

- You mentioned the nvme does not appear on the bios boot menu but if it does not even appear in bios that's another story. The bios itself does not require a valid boot sector in order to detect a drive but the bios boot menu does require a boot sector. So next time you boot from the nvme look in bios to see if it detects the nvme (hopefully as pci-e, not as sata - check both places). If so set it as the boot drive within bios itself, then save the bios settings. Avoiding using the bios boot menu for now.

 

[reds4nilan]

Thanks for reply and help.
1. When i boot to the original win7 the nvme shows up as a pci-e ssd
2. The pci-e that i gor was a pioneer brand no drivers came with it and am not even sure if there any, i will have a look.
3. Both partitions are MBR
4. I did not remove the original boot disk after cloning it to the partition, so maybe that was the issue, if so i can re-clone it and do it that way to see if it works.
5. If you press F8 at the splash screen it is there under Boot selection, but selecting on that seems to take me to the original win7 disk, it is not in bios under boot priority.


I will check the link you sent to see if there are any thing i have missed, possibly as you mentioned taking the original disk out after cloning may probably be the cause.


Thanks once again for your help, most appreciated.

 

[reds4nilan]

Some of these issues are motherboard dependent - some have different names for their settings and some have more settings than others. My board is two generations newer than yours and it worked pretty easily. Here's a thread with some ideas to check out. Most points may not apply, but maybe your fix is buried in there.
m2 SSD not detectable in BIOS | TechPowerUp Forums

Couple other things to check are:

- When you boot from your original win7 boot drive...
..... does the nvme drive show up as pci-e, or just sata attached. An m.2 nvme drive can run either way and you obviously want it to be pci-e.
.... Try replacing the microsoft nvme driver with the manufacturer's driver for your nvme. Mine is samsung, I do not use the windows nvme, but some nvme manufacturers do not have their own driver so you have to stick with microsoft.
..... are both drives the same partition type (both MBR or both GPT)

- The instant you finish a clone you need to shutdown and remove the original drive because if you boot again from the original drive, the boot sector of your nvme drive gets altered and may become unbootable. This means when you do things like I suggested above (e.g. check on sata vs pci-e mode with the nvme as the non-boot drive), you will need to re-clone afterward. Alternatively, you could use bootsec or other tool to repair the boot sector but I wont go into that. Easier to just re-clone.

- You mentioned the nvme does not appear on the bios boot menu but if it does not even appear in bios that's another story. The bios itself does not require a valid boot sector in order to detect a drive but the bios boot menu does require a boot sector. So next time you boot from the nvme look in bios to see if it detects the nvme (hopefully as pci-e, not as sata - check both places). If so set it as the boot drive within bios itself, then save the bios settings. Avoiding using the bios boot menu for now.

Thanks, re-cloned the disk and restarted the pc, with the original disk disconnected, when into bios checked that boot from pci-e ssd was the 1st boot option and saved and it started in Win7. So that was the problem not disconnecting the original drive with the os for the 1st boot with the cloned drive and once it booted and got into os, i shut down connected the other original win7 disk and restarted and everything is working fine.


Once again thanks for your help.



I owe you a beer

 

[johnhoh]

Cool, glad you got it worked out

 

[MessyWs]

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Thank you!
Finally got my Windows 7 professional working with nvme.
Attached Atto speeds for 2 Intel 660p 1 TB in Raid 0
And single Intel 660p 2 TB, Raid speed could be better...
OS Windows 7 64bit CPU Intel core I77700K Motherboard Msi Z270 sli plus Memory Corsair 32Gb Graphics Card(s) Msi gforce 1050ti 4gb

 

[SIW2]

Great

Now you the MS nvme updates installed, these drivers might improve performance


PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_F1A6.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) SSD Pro 7600p/760p/E 6100p Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_F1A8.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) SSD 660p Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0953.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) Solid-State Drive P3700/P3600/P3500/P3520/750 Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A53.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) Solid-State Drive DC P3520 Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A54.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) SSD DC P4500/4600/4501/4601/4608/4510/4610/4511 Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A55.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) SSD DC P4600 Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2700.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) Optane(tm) SSD 900P/905P Series"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2701.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) Optane(tm) SSD DC P4800X Series"

For win10/win8/Win7

11/7/2018 [possibly better for non-optane intel ssds]
View attachment Intel-nvme-4.2.0.1002.zip

Latest: 4/9/2019
View attachment Intel-nvme-4.3.0.1006.zip

 

[dlwmacgregor]

I figured I would just tack this onto the existing thread rather than create a new one.


I just received my new Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 1TB SSD (from Amazon Prime Day no less).
It works just fine (almost full speed - 1600+ MB\s Read) in Windows 10.


Windows 7 is another story.
I am using it for just a data drive for now until I get any bugs ironed out.
Windows sees the drive in Explorer and Disk Management but when I run Crystal Disk Mark I get 125 MB/s second. Ugh!


Update: Sorry, I picked the wrong drive. Reads are in fact 1648 MB/s.



And the Crucial Executive software says the driver installed doesn't allow management of the drive.


I downloaded and installed the 2 Hotfixes but still no joy.
The BIOS sees the drive (v10.01) ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Aura.


Any ideas what's going on?
Thanks.


Sisoft Sandra sees the drive as NVMe.

 

[dlwmacgregor]

Any idea why the Crucial Storage Executive software gives the error and doesn't show the drive in the list?


Just finished talking with Crucial Tech Support and apparently Self Test doesn't work for NVME drives right now.
So I am satisfied.
Thanks all.

 

[Kruger]

Me too registered just to get your files for Win7 Nvme support. So many thanks, mate!

/bow


(Edit: Adata Nvme.)

 

[wannaSugar]

The hot fix worked on my Windows 7 system. Thanks very much for the support.

 

[lklklkllkl]

THX

 

[janleuter]

I get an error each time...Windows Update Standalone Installer...Installer encountered an error: 0x80240037...etc.

So I unpacked the .msu files with winrar, and using the CMD window, installed the extracted .cab files with the same name with the commands:
dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows6.1-KB3087873-v2-x64\Windows6.1-KB3087873-v2-x64.cab"
dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows6.1-KB2990941-v3-x64\Windows6.1-KB2990941-v3-x64.cab"

I was getting the same error.
This fixed it. Thank you

 

[BamaInArk]

Unfortunately I'm not having much luck with cloning. Tried before I installed the NVMe drivers which I thought might be the issue. But even after installing the update and then cloning again it still will not boot. So at this point I am scratching my head.

I will attempt to modify the install Flash drive and see if I can install Win7 from scratch but haven't gotten to that point just yet.

And FWIW my Win7 does recognize the drive. I can see it from within Win7 and all the cloned partitions(I dual boot Win7 and Win10). It just won't boot to it.

 

[centaurius]

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Thanks a lot for this.


Had to use these hotfix to dectet crucial P1 on windows 7 as well.

 

[SIW2]

 

[pushlady]

Would this hotfix work on the samsung 970 pro 500gb?

Im planning to add an nvme for the iops performance

Qny lf you guys familiar with ccboot? Im gonna use it qs my writeback. Which really favors iops performance

 

[jacobbocajd]

Became a member specifically for those drivers, same as Jaggy. Owe you big, thanks much.

 

[SIW2]