{"id":4593,"date":"2024-01-31T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:01:26","slug":"asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4 mATX MoBo: Restore an Image <i>and\/or<\/i> do a Clean Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4596 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Intel\u00ae-RST-driver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Intel\u00ae-RST-driver.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Intel\u00ae-RST-driver-500x246.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Intel\u00ae-RST-driver-768x377.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/download\/19512\/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel\u00ae Rapid Storage Technology<\/a> (Intel\u00ae RST) driver holds the controllers (?) and storage drivers I needed to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/05\/backup-and-restore-windows-7-a-utility-for-your-windows-10-or-11-pc\/\"><b>Backup and Restore (Windows 7)<\/b><\/a> of a Win11 Pro saved image, <i>and\/or<\/i> to do a clean installation of Win11 Pro \u2013 on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/us\/motherboards-components\/motherboards\/prime\/prime-z790m-plus-d4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4<\/a> MoBo.<\/p>\n<p>I am no expert at motherboards, but I sometimes do more \u2018<i>Tinkering<\/i>\u2019 with my main computer (\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/pcs\/my-computers\/\"><i><b>Apevia<\/b><\/i><\/a>\u2019) than I should\u2014hence the reason for using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) utility that comes with Windows 11 before actual \u2018<i>Tinkering<\/i>\u2019 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Long story, but I don\u2019t really want to go thru the \u2018<i>Nightmare<\/i>\u2019, <u>in great detail<\/u>, again. Doubtful that I could remember all the details anyway, since a lot of the experience involved luck, searching, banging away, more searching, more banging away mixed in with deep thought &amp; pondering, experimenting &amp; testing, and a stroke of good luck in the home stretch. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install\/#%E2%80%98Tinkering_%E2%80%93_then_trying_to_Restore_an_image_or_do_a_Clean_Install\" >\u2018Tinkering\u2019 \u2013 then trying to Restore an image or do a Clean Install<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install\/#ASUS_support%E2%80%94what_Driver_is_needed\" >ASUS support\u2014what Driver is needed?!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Tinkering_%E2%80%93_then_trying_to_Restore_an_image_or_do_a_Clean_Install\"><\/span>\u2018<i>Tinkering<\/i>\u2019 \u2013 then trying to Restore an image or do a Clean Install<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I had some issues when first installing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/us\/motherboards-components\/motherboards\/prime\/prime-z790m-plus-d4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4<\/a> MoBo in a new build back on <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-bios-drivers\/\"><b>6\/24\/2023<\/b><\/a>, but everything worked out well. Have done 4-6 Restores of saved images without any issues, but yesterday the restoring process kept telling me there was no target disk.<\/p>\n<p>The Win11 Pro installation was on a Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe\u00ae M.2 250GB. It showed in the UEFI BIOS Utility \u2013 EZ Mode, but not in the Advanced Mode.<\/p>\n<p>I even tried to just do a clean install of Win11 Pro, but the same no target disk issue.<\/p>\n<p>Time to do some banging around, so took my USB installation of Fedora Linux and booted it up. Using GParted, I reformatted the Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe\u00ae M.2 to NTFS format\u2014hoping that would fix the issue.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOPE!<\/b> Same issues, but a new issue showed up this time\u2014I think \ud83e\udd14 it was in another attempt to do a clean install, and it said the partition needed GPT for a UEFI system instead of the MSDOS table. Er, OK, and back to Fedora &amp; GParted again.<\/p>\n<p>Ditto on the <b>NOPE! <\/b>\ud83d\udc4e\ud83e\udd14 Neither Restoring or a clean installation was working, and both methods kept suggesting that I insert a disk with drivers on it. Was using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Create Windows 11 Installation Media<\/b><\/a> USB, so it would have all the drivers needed for Windows 11 on it, but probably not all the drivers for the ASUS MoBo.<\/p>\n<p>The original installation back on <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-bios-drivers\/\"><b>6\/24\/2023<\/b><\/a> had worked without me needing drivers\u2014until after it had installed Win11 Pro!?! <i>I dunno<\/i>\u2026but now it wasn\u2019t restoring or installing for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ASUS_support%E2%80%94what_Driver_is_needed\"><\/span>ASUS support\u2014what Driver is needed?!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Oh, forgot to mention\u2014MoBo was not accepting any new BIOS updates either, and I tried about 5 of the newer ones&#8230;Jeez!? <i>However<\/i>, that was after I had started hammering with Fedora &amp; GParted \u2013 so not keeping my BIOS up-to-date may have been the issue. Had updated it to Version 1402 in late September, but they had <b>*FOUR*<\/b> new ones come out in December\u2014which seems like a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, maybe I should\u2019ve checked for a BIOS update before starting to hammer away \u2013 \ud83d\ude2e\u2639\ufe0f \u2013 since the ASUS EZ Flash utility worked fine after I got the image Restored again.<\/p>\n<p>OK&#8230;now back to the needed Driver \u2013 went thru a couple before finding the one\/s (?) it was looking for, under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/us\/motherboards-components\/motherboards\/prime\/prime-z790m-plus-d4\/helpdesk_download\/?model2Name=PRIME-Z790M-PLUS-D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SATA<\/b><\/a> section: <strong>Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software V19.5.7.1058 For Windows 10\/11 64-bit. Version 19.5.7.1058 23.65 MB 2023\/09\/18<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That took time also, and it was different for both the Restoring process &amp; the Clean Install. After the download, and Extraction, it became: <b>DRV_RST_Intel_SZ_TSD_W11_64_V19571058_20230916R<\/b><\/p>\n<p>That opened to three folders: 1) <strong>Driver<\/strong>, 2) <strong>HSA_19.0.1042.0<\/strong>, and 3) <strong>Install<\/strong>. Seems like both were in the #1 Driver folder, but I may have also tried #2 HSA folder&#8230;just so much searching was going on that I can\u2019t be sure how I finally did each one. So many folders had been opened before it saw the Driver\/s it wanted. \ud83d\ude2b \ud83e\udd71\ud83d\ude29<\/p>\n<p>Go with the Driver folder first&#8230;the process was different in both methods. I did a basic clean installation without internet first, and then restored the original saved image.<\/p>\n<p>Have built many many computers over a couple decades, and never ran into an issue like this.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/us\/motherboards-components\/motherboards\/prime\/prime-z790m-plus-d4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASUS PRIME Z790M-PLUS D4<\/a> MoBo can be \u2018<i>Temperamental<\/i>\u2019 at certain times, tho yesterday was only the second time I had issues with it\u2014the first being back on <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-bios-drivers\/\"><b>6\/24\/2023<\/b><\/a> during the original installation.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep a closer eye on the BIOS updates in the future, since they came out with four in December\u2014which seems like a lot to me. I normally check for BIOS updates on my motherboards every 6 to 12 months, but did do an update after just three months with this one \u2013 from one in late June to another in late September.<\/p>\n<p>Will link this post to the 6\/24\/2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-bios-drivers\/\"><i><b>ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4 mATX MoBo \u2013 BIOS &amp; Drivers<\/b><\/i><\/a> post since they both deal with issues I\u2019ve had with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Intel\u00ae Rapid Storage Technology (Intel\u00ae RST) driver holds the controllers (?) and storage drivers I needed to do a Backup and Restore (Windows 7) of a Win11 Pro saved image, and\/or to do a clean installation of Win11 Pro \u2013 on an ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4 MoBo. I am no expert at motherboards, but &#8230; <a title=\"ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4 mATX MoBo: Restore an Image and\/or do a Clean Install\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/asus-prime-z790m-plus-d4-matx-mobo-restore-an-image-and-or-do-a-clean-install\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ASUS Prime Z790M-PLUS D4 mATX MoBo: Restore an Image and\/or do a Clean Install\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":36,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143,135,30,140,131,142,103,144,27,136,36],"tags":[141,28],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asus","category-backup-and-restore","category-blogging","category-builds-upgrades","category-hardware","category-intel","category-microsoft","category-pcpartpicker","category-testing","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-pc-builds-upgrades","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4610,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}