Installation Manual

Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series

Installation Guide October 2017

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4 Windows Install Process

Windows 8 and Windows 10

The Windows 8.1* and Windows 10* operating systems offer native support for Intel® SSDs that utilize the PCIe*

with NVMe* interface and have a standard installation process. Follow these steps for proper installation:

1. Ensure that your BIOS is configured to EFI (see section 2.2.2)

2. Boot from the Windows OS installation media (DVD or USB Key)

Note: Follow the instructions from the board/system manufacturer to adjust the Boot Priority in the system

BIOS for the Installation Media as required.

3. Follow the steps to install the OS to the Intel® Optane™ SSD

Note: If the Intel® Optane™ SSD does not appear in the list of drives during the installation process,

please contact your board/system manufacturer for the proper BIOS settings to enable this support

4. Boot the Windows operating system using the Intel® Optane™ SSD.

5. At this time we recommended installing the Intel NVMe driver available here:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27231/NVMe-Drivers-for-Intel-SSDs?v-t

Windows 7

For the Windows 7* OS, support for SSDs that utilize the PCIe* with NVMe* interface was added at a later time, as a

Windows Update.

As a result, the Windows 7 installation media will not detect the SSD. During installation an NVMe driver must be

added in order for the OS to detect the drive properly.

For this installation, after ensuring that your BIOS is configured to CSM Enabled with UEFI, refer to Section 3,

support for Storage devices, you will load the NVMe* Driver for Intel® SSD’s during the OS installation process.

Loading Drivers in Windows Installation

1. Inject the USB 3.0 drivers into the Windows 7* installation image files on the installation media as

described in Section 4.2.1

2. Download the NVMe* Driver for Intel® SSD’s and place on the Windows 7* installation media, or other

USB drive.

3. Boot from the Windows 7* installation media (Making sure to have the UEFI Boot media as Priority 1 in

the System BIOS)

Note: You will not be able to see the SSD in the drive list. This is because Windows does not have the

required drivers

4. Click Load driver

5. Browse to the driver you copied to the separate media

6. Select the appropriate driver and click Next

The Intel® Optane™ SSD 900P drive should now be listed as an installation target

7. Continue with the installation