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| Interpretation | Technical Meaning | Implication | |----------------|------------------|--------------| | | The VMD driver must be the only driver managing the NVMe controller. | Conflicts with generic NVMe or AHCI drivers. | | Controller exclusivity | VMD mode locks drives to RAID/Intel RST; no AHCI fallback. | BIOS must have VMD enabled; toggling requires OS reinstall. | | Partition exclusivity | Drives are combined into a single RAID volume (exclusive to the VMD logical volume). | Standard partitioning tools cannot see individual drives. | f6flpyx64 intel vmdzip exclusive
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However, VMD acts as a gatekeeper. If Windows does not have a driver for the VMD controller, it cannot "see" the SSD behind it. This results in the dreaded error during the Windows installation process. | | Controller exclusivity | VMD mode locks