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@alexThunder Tried that aswell. That one actually went through, but on startup, Windows Setup complained that it couldnt find any Product Key for an unattended installation (which I was never trying to do). Neither UEFI nor Legacy/BIOS boot did the trick. Also tried resetting the BIOS to optimized Defaults
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@alexThunder I used the Media Creation Tool to generate an ISO, which I then put on the USB with Rufus
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Nithanim866yThe meda creation tool can go the fuck to hell. What I did was downloading an iso from some half-decent third-party website and using that ever since. Recently, my friend tried the tool against my warnings. He rage-quit and asked me where I got my iso from...
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I've only ever had luck running the creation tool on your my machine once, failing, then running it on a friend's machine. Always works on friends' machines
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