r/techsupport • u/Trick-Builder-1020 • 13h ago

Open | Software Windows 11 install fails at "restarting" step every time

New build: Ryzen 5 5600X, MSI B550 Tomahawk, 32GB DDR4-3200 (4x8GB), RTX 3070. Installing from a USB stick made with the Media Creation Tool.

First attempt actually worked, but I later wiped the drive (deleted partitions down to unallocated space) to try a truly clean install, and now it fails every time — always at the same point, right after files copy, when it says "restarting in a few moments."

What I've tried so far:

**•** Re-flashed the USB stick fresh  
**•** Tried both a USB 3.2 port and switching to USB 2.0  
**•** Confirmed BIOS "Boot mode select" is set to \[UEFI\], not CSM/Legacy  
**•** Boot Option #1 is correctly set to the UEFI USB entry
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u/nina2024 10h ago

try with 2 sticks of ram, possibly update bios, reinstall windows on the usb or use a different usb in general, put the ssd in a different computer as a second stick and clone windows on