Windows 10: Problem installing Win 10 on 970 Evo Samsung

Hi,

I would like your help for a problem i am facing. I bought a MSI B350 PC MATE motherboard (7A36-003R) and I wanted to build a new pc but when i try to install Windows 10 x64 on Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 at the step where I select the M.2 disk to install it popups a message saying:

"Windows cannot be installed on this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

I have tried every possible combination on the BIOS/UEFI but every time i get the same error. I have left only the SSD and remove every other SATA connection with no luck. The installation is made from USB which is made with Rufus.
On the other hand with the same configuration on motherboard i can install Ubuntu with no problem which means that motherboard and M.2 are OK. Is it any configuration that i am missing?
Every suggestion would be very helpful.

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Samsung Evo 970 BSoD

I have recently purchased a Samsung Evo 970.

I decided to put a fresh install of windows 10 onto it, everything worked fine. I then proceeded to the windows update centre to install the newest updates. When it got around to downloading the Windows April 2018 update that is when my problems started
it would download fine, but get stuck on about 80%, I tried this 3 times the last time i left it a few hours and still no progress.. I restarted my computer after the download to see what happens Now it is gving me a BSoD with no error code, just a Critical
Service Failure message. I have tried everything, taking all other hardware out, another fresh install of Windows 10 after that, updating all drivers manually from the Samsung website for the drive. And still, the update sticks on 70-80 percent. My pc works
fine with the HDD drives, as i put them back in and my computer is now working. It leads me to believe that the Samsung drive has some compatibility with the newest version of Windows.

 

Samsung introduces the Samsung 970 PRO and EVO NVMe M.2 SSDs

Source: https://news.samsung.com/global/sams...70-pro-and-evo

See also:

• Samsung SSD 970 EVO | Samsung V-NAND Consumer SSD | Samsung Semiconductor Global Website
• Samsung SSD 970 PRO | Samsung V-NAND Consumer SSD | Samsung Semiconductor Global Website

Order *Arrow SSD 970 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB Memory & Storage - MZ-V7P512BW | Samsung US

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Order *Arrow SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB Memory & Storage - MZ-V7E250BW | Samsung US

Order *Arrow SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB Memory & Storage - MZ-V7E500BW | Samsung US

Order *Arrow SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 1TB Memory & Storage - MZ-V7E1T0BW | Samsung US

Order *Arrow SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 2TB Memory & Storage - MZ-V7E2T0BW | Samsung US

 

Win10 clean install on Samsung SSD 850 EVO

BLUF: SSD is not listed ubder "Where do you want to install Windows?"

Steps Complete:

1. I've create a Win10 bootable install usb.

2. I connect the new Samsung SSD 850 EVO via SATA.

3. I reboot PC and verify SSD is seen by the motherboard/BIOS

4. Begin Win10 install via usb.

5. Get to "Where do you want to install Windows?" and the SSD is not listed

Problems:

1. Samsung does not offer a driver for the 850 on their website

2. Cannot locate driver elsewhere

Unsuccessful Mitigations Steps Attempt:

A. Format & partition SSD via Windows Disk Management, then retried steps 1-5 above....same result

B. Clone existing HHD onto SSD via "Image for Windows" by TeraByte, then verified SSD contents via Windows Explorer....similar result

Can you please offer some advice on locating a driver for a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB drive? Or an alternative method?

Thank you