Windows 10 "media driver missing" on installation

drivers sata windows-10-preview usb-3 ahci

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The Build 10130 that you use is a bit old. You should try the latest Build 10162, which you can get from here.

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ljrk

Updated on September 18, 2022

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ljrk almost 2 years
[cross-post from MS Answers community as I doubt they will be able to help me there]

[Update: I just tested the Windows8.1 Iso: It works. This seems to be a bug with the Win10 Build]

Procedure: Download ISO, put it on USB (tried both: dd and cp -r the contents). I booted using the UEFI boot.
- Disabling USB3 did not help.
- I have no CD/DVD-Drive, so this can't be the problem either.
- Last resort would be the SATA/AHCI ("F6") driver. I got the install disk and put the contents on another USB, the Windows installer finds the driver but it is NOT needed. Same thing goes for the driver I downloaded from the intel Website and for the one from the MB Vendor.
PC:
- Samsung 850 Evo SSD
- WD Green WD20EZRX
- AsRock B85M Pro4 with intel USB3.0 eXtensible Host (disabled for testing)
That's it for the relevant specs. I try to install Windows8.1 on it - currently downloading the iso from MSDevNet.

Is there a way to skip the error (media driver missing) screen - I mean, I cannot remove the USB stuff as suggested witout removing my MB, nor can I remove the inexisting CD/DVD-Drive ;-) It may not be a relevant driver (the installer gives no info on what driver is missing, sadly) so I might just ignore the issue. (Update: Cancel does cancel the whole installation process.

Build: 10130
- Ramhound almost 9 years
  
  Please clarify which screen you are talking about specifically.
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  The 'missing media driver' screen as I think I may not need the driver on the installation if it is some weird non-essential driver. Sadly the installer gives no info on what driver is needed - I will clarify my question accordingly
- Ramhound almost 9 years
  
  All I can say is that it isn't a missing USB 3.0 driver since Windows 10 supports booting from USB 3.0 devices which isn't the case for Windows 7.
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  Only needed once: Xeon 1231v3 as CPU and an MSI nVidia GTX970, but they are no media devices, others I do not have installed. The cancel button only cancels the whole installation
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  Latest (10130),will update accordingly
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  Win8.1 works - Updated question
- Moab almost 9 years
  
  Since W10 is still beta, there will be bugs.
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  Sure, I never denied this. But I assumed one could maybe workaround it.
- magicandre1981 almost 9 years
  
  try the latest build 10162 (winaero.com/blog/…)
- ljrk almost 9 years
  
  Yep, they fixed it.
ljrk almost 9 years

it wasnt there at the time I first tried it though ;-)
ljrk over 8 years

It's solved already - they pushed a new build which fixed that. Idk about the Windows10 release-build isos though.
Ramhound over 8 years

This does not answer the author's question. It explains the behavior but does not explain how to said problem.
Hayley over 7 years

This actually helped me - was getting this error as I was using a microsd card + usb adapter. Used a normal usb drive and it worked fine. +1 for that