diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py
index f8e8e2e3f9..f89635affa 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ def _preview_device_selection(item: MenuItem) -> str | None:
 
 	devices = device_handler.devices
 
+	if len(devices) < 1:
+		await Notify(tr('No disks were detected. A disk is required to be able to install Arch Linux')).show()
+		return None
+
 	items = [
 		MenuItem(
 			str(d.device_info.path),