@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Post #3706427
2026-07-10 01:37 UTC
Replies (3)
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@med@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-10 01:48
I replaced an NVMe drive on a Windows 11 machine the other day. Cloned to new disk, booted up. After posting and entering the bootloaders, it said “BOOT DRIVE INACCESSIBLE”. The drive needed a driver to BOOT once Windows took over. A Western Digital 850x black 2TB. This is not an uncommon drive, but I had to patch in the driver to the disk from a live CD. I don’t see how people put up with this crap.
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@Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2026-07-10 02:15
Keep in mind windows users don’t install their os from scratch. The OEM will include those in their deployment.
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@elvith@feddit.org 2026-07-10 07:36
Microsoft doesn’t do it the way Linux does it. Linux supports the Chip(set) and as long as different vendors “connect” them the standard way Linux just talks to these components directly in a standardized way. Microsoft wants drivers for that specific board/hardware revision. Even if it’s just a standard chip, every vendor needs to provide a driver.