Lenovo laptop won't recognize SSD, NVME Fix Guide 2023

In this video I will show you what to do when windows installation or setup won't recognize the disk drive on your laptop or desktop computer.
NVMe, SSD PCI device will be invisible when Intel VMD is enabled - Lenovo Laptops.
With Intel VMD enabled, all PCI devices behind the VMD controller, for example, NVMe controller inside NVMe SSDs, will be invisible to the operating systems.
As a workaround, disable Intel VMD to make the PCI devices visible again.
To go into BIOS you will need to press the F2 key on your keyboard and change the configuration for the VMD Controller from Enabled to Disabled.

Thanks for watching and hopefully this helped you if not comment below if you have this problem.

[richiecarranza]

It's a shame that LENOVO doesn't shed light on its own mistakes. Thank you very much for solving what the manufacturers do not do 👏👈👈

[julianazzopardi]

You legend, I wish Lenovo Support would have suggested this, they wasted hours of my time. Many thanks, this worked, I can now see the drives :)

[BrumKid]

Thank god i found this video i was just about ready to give up and tell the customer the laptop was faulty 👍👍👍

[KyleC-gy]

I poured over the bios 3 times looking for AHCI options. Absolutely insane that it was behind a VMD controller.
Thanks so much dude, absolute king shit you're on right now.

[Dotainminutes]

You saved me too! Thank you so much for this. Much appreciative!

Last thing I'd expect, because I removed one drive, put the new one in, and suddenly windows setup doesn't detect it, although it was detected in the bios. So so weird!
Thanks again ❤

[TZGSplichO]

Bro, most simple solution that someone could have given, I been searching for VMD Intel drivers and bothering with so many stupid not working solutions for Lenovo. Great work!

[andresquiroz]

2 days of working on this and I find this now ?! but sure as sh!t glad i did

[byvoldnnikkei]

Thanks bro, my problem resolved now. You are GREAT....👍👍

[bokucharu]

Thank You a 1000 times. You are amazing

[entendremedia]

Thnkyou thank ou thank you - after much mucking about, your 2 min video saves the day!

[yaoselom]

Thanks for the solution, issue resolved. you vedio is very uesful

[denvertechsupport]

why do manufaturers insist on using controllers like these, is it actually doing anything of value or is it just a power thing?

[DUNIA_ARIF]

thank you very much, works fine on my lenovo slim 5

[JVenom_]

i hate that i knew this and still forgot to do it ahhh