Why does my BIOS recognize the USB as a hard disk in bios PO3-640?

Hello acer community one year ago i bought the predator orion 3000 and had no issue until i wanted to reinstall win 11 caused i faced some probleme (dont ask me im not gonna tell its a long story) i want to reinstall windows from a usb but my pc thinks its a hard disk then when i go into bios it thinks its a hhd so i can only choose one partition from usb and my ssd now when i start the windows installion my pc dont find my ssd cause its think i only have one because i changed the partition i just want my pc to know that its a usb thank you if you can help me!

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/713125/usb-is-reconized-as-hard-disk-in-bios-po3-640

Try to make the installation USB flash drive with the Rufus program and follow this tutorial: Clean Install Windows 11 Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

Amjad__

i did but the probleme in bios i can only change the partition in hard disk to usb or ssd i cant put it removable disk so when i usb install it thinks i only have the usb as my disk so i cant install on my ssd

billsey

That is normal. diskpart doesn't know the differences between a HDD, SSD or flash drive. They are all just 'disks' to it. Likely the issue you are seeing is due to the Windows install image not including the IRST drivers from Intel. Just download them from the Acer support site and extract them to a folder on the install flash drive. When you get to the point during the installation when it asks where to install, choose "load drive" and install the IRST drivers. Your drive will then show up as a possible target for the installation.