I bought a Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) and attempted to install Windows 11 using the articles linked in the startup guide. I followed it to a T, and when I inserted my USB into the Framework laptop to install Windows, all seemed well at first. It pulled up the Windows language and keyboard input language select, then asked which drive to install on (the only one it would let me install on was drive 0 number 3, with over 900 GB, which correlated with the guide), then went through loading and said it was completing installation, and restarted. That’s where everything went wrong. It booted back up to an ever-loading framework menu, with an error box that says “Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation.” This was my first DIY computer, I was afraid of the process, and now I am completely stuck. I have no idea what to do. Please help me, I need this computer for my classes beginning on July 7th.
Ah, that usually only happens if setup was interrupted at some point. Typically that is by power loss or by crashing.
The first thing you can try is reinstalling from the same USB drive. Press F12 during boot to select it, and then clean/erase/initialize (I can’t remember what Windows Setup calls it right now) the drive before installing again.
If that doesn’t work, you may have a bad installer. Create a new one using Rufus or the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and try again.
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