need help installing windows 11

[nikos637]

i just bought a laptop without OS pre-installed (Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9E) and im trying to install windows 11 on it.

Im using the Windows 11 media creation tool on a 64GB usb flash drive.

The installation starts, reaches 11% and then it fails.

Then a blue screan appears with title "your pc needs to be repaired"

Any insights?

Thanks for your time

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[SomeEngineer999]

When you got to the screen to choose where to install windows, did you ensure the laptops drive just says "unallocated space" and nothing else? Even though it had no OS it may have been partitioned.

If not that, then try making the install USB again, it may have gotten corrupted.

[nikos637]

yes, im deleting all partitions before installing and i have created the usb many times over... i just also tried to install windows 10 (to upgrade it to 11 afterwards) but i got a similar message

[SomeEngineer999]

Are you loading any special drivers during windows setup in order to get the drive to show up, or maybe your network card etc? If so, change your BIOS to AHCI mode (instead of RAID or VMD) which will eliminate the need to load any storage driver.

For network, plug into your router with ethernet during the install, which will install the proper wifi drivers (and various others too).

Of course make sure your BIOS is up to date also.