

Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step. If you have a CD, DVD or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. "A media driver your computer needs is missing. I would appreciate any help as I'm exhausted and out of ideas. It's being detected in the BIOS so that drive shouldn't be the problem I guess. Might be relevant to mention that I'm trying to install the OS on a Samsung Evo Plus M.2 drive. I don't have DVDs and optical drives so that's not an option for me. The other solution is more like an alternative method, which is using DVD to install the OS. Plug the USB drive into a USB 2.0 port in the back of the motherboard rather than the front panel, but my board (Asus x570 TUF Gaming Plus Wifi) doesn't have that so I'm forced to use the ports in the case. There are only two known possible solutions left. Disable USB Legacy and enable AHCI Mode in the BIOS.


Create installation media using Rufus instead of Microsoft's tool. Recreate the installation media and make sure it's not corrupt or missing something. Unplug the USB drive after the error is given and then plug it into a different USB port. Use a USB 2.0 drive and plug it into a USB 2.0 port. I tried virtually every known solution out there: Windows keeps giving me the dreaded error "a media driver is missing" after I attempt to install. If you have received the error message while installing Windows 10 on your PC via an external device like a DVD or a Pendrive, there can be multiple reasons. I'm having a problem installing Windows 10 on a new PC I just finished building.
