So we’ve tried to reinstall Windows on my new machine.

This is the farthest we got.

It would then cancel the installation, because of missing drivers.

It took a while for my husband to figure it out.

The recovery drive has Windows 10.

The new computer apparently has Windows 11.

I didn’t think it would, since it was last quality control checked before the update went out, but I guess new machines had it in advance?  Who knows.

My husband’s machine is updated, so he’s wiping the recovery drive and will get Windows 11 on it.

Hopefully, that will solve the problem.

It’s now been over continuous hours, trying to get this thing up and running!

We’re pretty sure it was our Wi-Fi set up, and my logging into the Orbi network instead of the primary router that messed things up.  The fact that I never got the option to log in again and select our Starlink router instead didn’t help matters.

We shall see how it goes! 

The Re-Farmer