03-16-2023 11:16 AM
04-05-2023 05:10 AM
@JohnAb Thanks for the info and I will look into that. But I do not use Rufus, and in case you do not know, these motherboards can use a normal NTFS formatted USB drive to install Windows 11. Therefore, no problem with larger files not fitting on a FAT32 partition.
I will assume the Rufus version uses the oobe\xxx option, but I understand the Insider versions coming out, have eliminated that option. It seems Microsoft wants you to use your e-mail address as a user name, which I don't want to do.
04-05-2023 06:33 AM - edited 04-05-2023 06:35 AM
@JohnAb Thanks for the info and I will look into that. But I do not use Rufus, and in case you do not know, these motherboards can use a normal NTFS formatted USB drive to install Windows 11. Therefore, no problem with larger files not fitting on a FAT32 partition.
Maybe not applicable (anymore?) but you might not install into UEFI mode with an NTFS formatted USB stick. Therefore you have to use FAT32 to boot info UEFI mode and subsequent install Windows in UEFI mode. You can split the install.wim to fit it on a fat32 formatted USB stick. eg: Dism.exe /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:3000. Then you can delete the install.wim.
04-05-2023 07:38 AM
The NTFS option has been working since my Z490 motherboard. It used to be you had to use FAT32. But this varies by possibly processor or chipset.
It is so easy to just download the .iso and then mount it and copy over the files. It is much faster than letting the utility create the USB drive for you, since it has to split the install.wim or install.esd file.
04-05-2023 05:24 AM
You're probably right about the oobe/xxx option, I guess that's what it's doing. It looks that way during the install because the 'I don't have internet' option appears when it asks you to connect to a network. We'll have to see what happens in the future. I'll keep the last Windows install iso that still allows a workaround. Nice to have the option, although I have been signing in with my Microsoft account for a while now. As I also use Outlook for e-mail (both installed and via the browser) I have to sign in with that account anyway. Guess I've walked into the trap! Yep, they got me lol.
06-02-2023 12:04 AM
The same happened to me. I put the 22H2 Windows installation on a USB stick and the latest NIC driver that I downloaded from the ASUS website on another USB stick. I put them both in USB ports and started the installation. It worked exactly as Murph_9000 stated.
!! one caveat: I had to upgrade the BIOS first as the version that was loaded on the motherboard didn’t pass Windows 11 criteria.