Same results
Still says “A media driver your computer needs is missing”
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Media driver missing is usually not a hardware issue but an issue with the USB drive. I’d usually recommend Rufus or WoeUSB if you’re on Linux, but since you’re using a mac… Maybe there’s a different setting in UUByte you can try? Or you can get your hands on another computer to flash using Rufus
What setting should I be looking for?
The only place I see my SSD mentioned is in the boot devices menu, it’s not mentioned anywhere else.
I would make sure to use Partition table MBR and type FAT32.
I know I used FAT32 but I’m not sure about MBR. Trying that now
EDIT: That did not help. Making a trip into Minneapolis to visit my son. He has a windows computer so 
that will fix my issue.
SO frustrating!!!
Next step is reaching out to FW directly. What are your experiences with that?
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Drat. Hopefully formatted from a Windows computer will work, Windows installers can be finnicky in my experience.
Framework support is great, but they’ve got about a week’s backlog of support tickets at the moment, so it may take a bit for them to get back to you.
Given the question, there’s a distinction between USB-C and USB 3.
How old is that ISO? i.e. Not all Windows 11 ISO are the same.
Update: SUCCESS!
Arrived at my son’s apt & he had me up within 15 mins.
Answer to ALL the frustration was using a usb actually formatted on a windows machine.
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Awesome! It’s surprising how Windows 11 seems to have gotten more difficult to install compared to Windows 8/10.
For the record, Windows 11 will not install on a system with an MBR partition table. You need to use GPT. I suspect that was the issue (which could explain why re-doing it from a Windows machine fixed it)
Hey glad you had success installing windows. Could you mark this topic as solved?
I hope you enjoy your Laptop.
Done!
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For the record I had originally tried using GPT & that was unsuccessful as well. Obviously Microsoft was being temperamental & did not like playing with Apple’s software no matter how I tried to bridge the distance between them.
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I’ve only Linux Mint System76 laptop and on Framework Laptop 16 Ryzen DIY Edition got stuck at the same page/screen as @Eclectic in reply #6 to this thread. Couldn’t find Rufus via Linux Mint software manager, so could you (@kjhoerr) link the package and/or Linux install instructions for it here?
Otherwise, I’ve a date set with my spouse’s friend’s partner to use their Windows computer to create the bootable USB.
Rufus is a Windows only application. Try WoeUSB:
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