Converting a NUC from ROCK OS to Windows 10

Roon_Superuser · April 27, 2020, 12:46pm

Thank you! Wow that’s one hell of a procedure.

alec_eiffel · April 27, 2020, 12:58pm

Easier is to have a friend with Windows 10 creating the stick for you, it’s very easy… After the lockdown maybe

wklie · April 27, 2020, 1:31pm

I recently ran into this exact problem. @Rugby is right about the problem. In my case booting the USB thumb drive from a USB 3.0 port did not work, but booting it from a USB 2.0 port did.

Which model of NUC are you using?

Roon_Superuser · April 27, 2020, 9:34pm

8th gen intel nuc.

sebber · April 28, 2020, 12:42am

Your installation key works. You are booting in the windows installer. Your problem is almost certainly that windows installer does not see the nuc hard drive. This could be a storage controller driver missing. How is this hard drive connected ? Sata, M2 ?

Roon_Superuser · April 28, 2020, 12:43am

M2, the harddrive is inside the nUC

Tim_Rhodes · April 28, 2020, 5:45pm

I think @sebber is correct you need the intel rst driver to be loaded at that point in windows setup so it can see the m2 ssd. Copy it to your usb stick and browse for it when the error dialog appears.

Tim_Rhodes · April 28, 2020, 5:53pm

Also you should confirm that the ssd is shown as a bootable device in the bios. Make sure bios is set to uefi mode. Not legacy. And that SATA mode AHCI is selected if possible.