I have spent a lot of time trying to install Windows to a new nvme drive with no luck. On the other hand, installing Ubuntu worked fine.

The issue is that I start the installation and before long it restarts, but after that restart it is only able to detect the USB installation media and my only option is to restart the installation, creating an endless loop. The drive is still recognised and works as storage.
I have tried just about every troubleshooting step I can think of:
>Using a different USB
>installing to a different drive
>installing both Windows 10 and 11
>using rufus to set up the installation media
>updating BIOS

It would seem a hardware issue is the obvious explanation but I tried installing on an old hard drive and had the same issue. I wonder if it's an issue with the motherboard but I don't have easy access to another machine to try it on.

If I switch from UEFI to CSM the new drive is detected in the bios as bootable however it won't actually boot from it.

The first time I tried installing I left my other hard drives connected and that seemed to mess things up. However the problem persists after disconnecting them all.

One other odd thing is that after I installed Ubuntu, I reconnected my current Windows installation drive and couldn't load from it (it didn't appear on the list of bootable drives, like the new drive when I was trying to install on it). I disconnected the new Ubuntu drive and still couldn't, however when I switched from UEFI to CSM the drive appeared there and I was able to boot from it.

Pls help this is driving me insane