[Solved] Windows install - blocked at "A media driver your computer needs is missing."

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Many local libraries have machines that allow you to download a file, or will do it for you.

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In case you do not have a Windows machine, here is a method for creating a usable win10 installation on a USB stick: How to make Windows 10 USB install media in Linux

I used my Framework laptop running Linux to do this. The compression of the win file does take some time, but it was successful whereas simply copying the ISO bytes to the USB stick resulted in the original symptom described at the top of this post.

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The instructions in the above post worked for me as well. I didn’t have a USB stick handy, but it actually worked fine doing the entire thing off of a micro SD card using the micro SD card module.

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Just to add an alternate solution to this issue, the woeusb library worked great for me to set up my win10 USB with my downloaded ISO, while manual set up did not.

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Years later this is evidently still relevant for Microsoft’s latest installer ISO images. I followed d2r’s tip above and prepped install media manually and it did the trick.

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I have just received my AMD laptop - and have hit the exact same issue. Sadly there is a driver bundle, but it’s a .exe so can’t be seen by the installer.

EDIT: rebuilding the USB with rufus, powering off the machine and back on again - it works. Bizarre!