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Windows Installation using SD Card

Today i was trying to boot my laptop with sd card (windows 10) but when i click on custom install it shows no drives to install windows. i tried to install it to my old pc there drives were detected but not in this laptop.

it shows load drivers option any way to fix it

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A. User

Microsoft's instructions say to use a DVD or a USB flash drive. SD cards aren't supported.

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Hello, I'm A&K, here to help.

Please let me confirm, do you want to install Windows in your SD card?

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no i am installing windows 10 on my laptop i have a bootable sd card but drives (ssd and hdd ) are not showing when installing

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Sakiko

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Understood, this may have something to do with the SD card reader.
Try switching the boot mode to "Legacy" or "UEFI" in the BIOS, and try installing Windows in each of these modes.

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>"i tried to install it to my old pc there drives were detected but not in this laptop.

it shows load drivers option any way to fix it"

You didn't tell which brand / model your device is, but for example on my Dell laptop act just like that.

Installer don't see Internal disk(s) and I get same notification for load driver. That happen if SATA operation mode is set to RAID. When I turn SATA mode to more common AHCI then installer see disk(s) and no additional drivers required. Check your BIOS settings.