[Fixed] A Media Driver Your Computer Needs Is Missing

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Does this look familiar? If you are getting this error message in your Windows computer, don’t worry! This is a common issue and you can fix the error easily and quickly. The error message usually reads:

How to fix A media driver your computer needs is missing

Here are the solutions you can try. You don’t need to try them all; Just work your way down until your problem is solved.

Why does the error occur?

This error generally occurs when you are installing Windows on your PC/laptop. the possible causes can be:

• The speed at which the installation DVD was burned was too fast or slow
• The faulty DVD or USB drive
• The missing DVD or USB driver
• The ISO file problem

You can actually fix the A media driver your computer needs is missing error easily and quickly with the solutions below.

Fix 1: Re-plug the USB drive

You can try to re-plug the USB drive to fix the problem. Try the steps below:

1) When you see the error message popping up, click Cancel.

2) The Windows installation will return back, then unplug the USB drive from your computer.

3) Re-plug the USB drive into the computer again.

4) Try to install Windows again.

Fix 2: Try another USB port

If re-plugging the USB drive doesn’t work, you can try another USB port:

1) When you see the error message popping up, click Cancel.

2) The Windows installation will return back, then unplug the USB drive from your computer.

3) Plug the USB drive into another USB port. If you have the USB 2.0 port with your PC/laptop, try to plug the USB drive into the USB 2.0 port.

4) Try to install Windows again to see if it works.

Fix 3: Change the settings in BIOS

The problem can also be caused by the wrong configuration in BIOS. So you can change the BIOS settings in startup.

1. Change the USB 3.0 support

Sometimes the install media doesn’t have native support for USB3.0. If there is any settings for USB 3.0 support in BIOS, change it to Auto or Disabled.

2. Change the SATA to IDE

The wrong SATA mode can also cause the problem. If your machine is using IDE, but the install media boots with SATA, it can result in the problem.

1) Boot your computer into BIOS, then go to Advanced or Storage Configuration (or Drive Configuration or IDE Configuration).

2) Go to SATA Mode (or Set SATA As, or SATA Configuration ).

3) Change its option to IDE or Compatible or ATA.

4) Save the settings and try to install Windows again.

Fix 4: Change the ISO file format

The ISO file faulty can also cause the issue, so you can try to change the ISO file format to solve the issue.

Double check the extracted setup from the ISO file. If it is in NTFS format, extract the ISO file in FAT32 format and use the setup to install Windows again.

Things you should do after trying these methods

As the error message indicated, the media driver is missing in your computer, so you can try to install the missing drivers, and update the outdated drivers in your computer, in order to improve the computer performance and reduce the chances of the similar issues.

You can manually download and install the latest device drivers from the manufacturers. This requires times and computer skills. If you don’t have time or patience, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.

Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing.

You can update your drivers automatically with either the FREE or the Pro version of Driver Easy. But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks (and you get full support and a 30-day money back guarantee):

1) Download and install Driver Easy.

2) Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.

3) Click the Update button next to a flagged driver to automatically download and install the correct version of this driver (you can do this with the FREE version).

Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system (this requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All).

4) Restart your computer to make it take effect.

Here are the solutions to fix A media driver your computer needs is missing. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below, and we’ll see what more we can do to help.

A media driver your computer needs is missing. (WIN 10 clean install from Flash drive)

This is probably one of the most annoying issues I’ve experienced with MS so far (and I’m not going to pretend I have much sympathy for them — using happily Linux flavors for last decade).

Bought new laptop (HP, Intel), did upgrade (RAM, SSD) and moved to install system from flash drive (as I’ve done couple of times on other computers). But quite soon i got stuck at this idiotic — no chance to call it different — message «A media driver your computer needs is missing.» Without possibility to get more details about what went wrong, what driver is missing 🙁 (WTH Microsoft . , why the f** so shy to share any info. How should I deal with an issue If I have no clue what’s wrong. ) I’m going to pay for name of the engineer responsible for this «solution»/screen. Not going to shoot him or anything (although to be hones, it crossed my mind after couple of hours spent on this BS).

Tried Intel rapid/RAID drivers, some drivers from manufacturer, but with no luck at all. I just couldn’t move to next screen. All my ports are USB3 (as on most computers these days) and I’m trying to avoid disassembling it again — or doing cloning from provided HDD (lot of pre-installed software I don’t really want).

How do you troubleshoot this graphic install? Any chance of enabling «Function over design» option prior installation?

If that doesn’t work, I’ll probably install linux :/

Ошибка при установке Windows 10

Ошибка 0xc0000428 при установке windows 10 на новый компьютер с предустановленной windows 8
Купил комп без Ос. Комп уже в сборе, то есть все оборудование совместимо. Материнская плата от.

Ошибка при установке Windows 10
Пожалуйста помогите!! После удаления вирусов, система начала вести себя нет так как раньше, стало.

Ошибка при установке Windows 10
Всем привет! Хотел установить Windows 10, так как схватил вирус, и он наделал кучу делов. Сделал.

Ошибка при установке Windows 10
Сбросил Windows 10 через центр обновлений. Сброс запустился, после началась установка Windows.

Заказываю контрольные, курсовые, дипломные и любые другие студенческие работы здесь или здесь.

Ошибка 0х8030001 при установке Windows 10
Изначально возникла проблема «установка windows в данную область жесткого диска невозможна. Данный.

Ошибка 0х8030001 при установке Windows 10
При установке Windows 10 на этапе выбора диска было написано «установка windows на данный диск.

Ошибка 0х8007025D при установке Windows 10
Собрал пк деду, решил установить Windows 10, сборка: Процессор Intel Pentium Gold G5400.

Ошибка 0xC1900101 — 0x40017 при установке Windows 10
В один прекрасный день решил я обновиться с Windows 7 на 10. Скачал MediaCreationTool с.

При установке Windows 10 выскакивает ошибка 0xc1900200
При установке Windows 10 выскакивает ошибка 0xc1900200. Что это означает и что с этим делать ?

Ошибка при установке Windows 10 в режиме обновления
Доброго времени суток. Скачал Windows 10 (брат посоветовал, у него стоит), затем как положено.

Windows 10 Installation — A media driver your computer needs is missing

The most weird thing is happening to me: I have a hp notebook which has no internal DVD drive, so I installed via an external USB LG Blueray burner.

1. First I installed Windows 10 customer preview into one partition.
2. Then I installed Windows 8 into another partition.

All works fine. I have dual boot computer where I can test my software on Windows 8 and 10.

The computer has the following partitions:

1. Recovery partition (300 MB)
2. EFI System partition (100 MB)
3. Data partition (400 GB)
4. Windows 8 (40 GB)
5. Window 10 preview (40 GB)

I repeat: All works fine. Neither the installation of Windows 8 nor 10 preview produced any problem.

Now comes the most weird thing that I have seen: As the final Windows 10 is out now, I wanted to replace the Windows 10 preview with the final Windows 10.

I boot the installation DVD, after a while comes the screen where I can select the language. Then comes a screen with a button in the center that says «Install Now» and then comes a message «Setup is starting».

Up to here all fine. But then comes a strange error:

A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD,USB or hard disk driver. If you have CD, DVD or USB flash drive on it, please insert it now.

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.

First: this error is not understandable. Second: It does not make any sense. When setup was already running up to here this means that it CAN read the DVD. So what driver should be missing?

Some people reported similar problems with Windows 7 where the cause was that it did not boot from a USB 3.0 port. But this cannot be the culprit because

1. Windows 10 does not have this limitation anymore.
2. I tried all the 3 existing USB ports and all result in the same error.
3. I installed the Windows 10 preview with the same Blueray burner on the same notebook. Why does the preview find the driver and the final not?

I came to the conclusion that this is -once more- a wrong error message. The cause must be elsewhere.

Then I made a very interesting test:

I booted from the same Windows 10 preview DVD that I installed a month ago. And voilá: It also does not boot anymore. But it gives another error:

On a black screen it tells me

No bootable device — insert boot disk and press any key.

How is it possible that the SAME DVD, that I installed successfully one month ago, now throws an error ?

Then I made a third test: I booted from the same Windows 8 DVD that I installed before. And this is the only DVD of the 3 DVDs where I get up to the menu which allows me to select the parition into which I want to install.

1. Win 10 final DVD fails with one error
2. Win 10 preview DVD fails with another error, although it worked before!
3. Win 8 DVD runs correctly

It is clear that this is

1. Not a hardware problem: same notebook, same blueray burner, both Windows still run perfectly.
2. No driver is missing because both Windows were installed without problems before.
3. The DVDs are not burned wrongly, they worked before.

For me the only explanation is that the installation of Windows 8, which I installed after Windows 10 preview, destroyed anything on that computer.

Nevertheless both OS still run without problem, it is only the installation which is blocked.

But what has happened? Are there any diagnose tools? Has anybody seen such a strange thing before? Does anybody know a workaround (except deleting all partitions and starting from zero)?

[FIX] “A Media Driver Your Computer Needs Is Missing” While Installing Windows 10

Published: July 22, 2016 · 05:32 PM \\ Applies to: Troubleshooting, Windows 10

While installing Windows 10, we recently encountered a different kind of error about which we’ll talk in this post. In our past, we’ve covered common installation errors which are listed here . Now, this issue is somehow related to drivers or the media with which you’re booting the machine.

Actually, during installation Windows 10, we came around following error message:

A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB, or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now.

Note: If the installation media for Windows in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step.

Upon researching a bit on this, we found that following factors may be responsible in causing it:

• The ISO media or the DVD drive setup you’re using is corrupted

• The USB drive you’re using is malfunctioned

• The speed at which ISO or DVD setup burned was either too slow or too fast

• Your machine is using SATA instead of IDE

So coming back to the issue, due to which installation of Windows 10 remains incomplete. If you’re facing this problem, one thing every Windows expert suggest you and that is to re-download the ISO media setup and re-run it. While there are few other suggestions mentioned here as well, to deal this case:

FIX : “A Media Driver Your Computer Needs Is Missing” While Installing Windows 10

SUGGESTION 1: Plug the USB installation drive and boot into it. When you get the error message window, click Cancel and now Windows will return back. You can now try unplugging the USB drive and plug it back to different port immediately and continue to installation.

SUGGESTION 2: If you’re installing Windows 10 using any virtualization software, you may try it installing using the settings of Windows 8, 8.1 and see if it works.

SUGGESTION 3: Let your machine use IDE instead of SATA. This can be changed in BIOS/UEFI settings of device.

SUGGESTION 4: Recheck the extracted setup from the ISO file. If it is in NTFS format, try extracting ISO in FAT32 format and then use the setup.

SUGGESTION 5: If above mentioned suggestions didn’t help and then you may go with upgrading your existing OS to Windows 10. Complete steps mentioned here .

Hope something helps!

About Kapil Arya

Kapil is presently a Microsoft MVP in Windows IT Pro expertise. He is Windows Insider MVP as well, and author of ‘Windows Group Policy Troubleshooting’ book. In 2015, Microsoft India accomplished him as ‘Windows 10 Champion’. Being passionate Windows blogger, he loves to help others on fixing their system issues. You can follow him for news/updates and fixes for Windows.

4 Comments

Hi Kapil… I have another suggestion for your list. I dug out my old chipset drivers and installed the SATA driver and was able to go on from there. Your suggestion at #3 pointed me in that direction.

^^ Thanks a lot for your inputs, Mark 😎 Much appreciated!

Okay, and what if i cant change from SATA to IDE through my BIOS?

^^ What happens when you try to do so? Suggest you to update BIOS and see if that helps.

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