I'm trying to do a clean installation of Windows 11, but I keep running into issues. The installation process seems to go smoothly until it reaches about 50-75%, and then it crashes with errors like SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x7E) and KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x1E). The crashes often involve ntoskrnl.exe. Sometimes, the installation fails around 70% with just a popup saying it failed, without any specific error code.
I've checked both of my RAM sticks with memtest, and they seem fine. Currently, I'm testing one stick at a time in the B1 slot after having tested both in different slots. My BIOS and chipset are up to date. I also found out that during the installation, there's a tiny blue text that says 'Old installer' that I need to look out for. I'd appreciate any help with this.
2 Answers
Have you considered recreating your installation media? Sometimes the installer can get corrupted during the process. Just a thought!
What kind of installation medium are you using? It could be faulty. You did well by testing each RAM stick individually, but be sure to try each stick in every slot to cover all bases. Also, have you done a surface test on your destination drive? It might help zero in on the issue.
I haven't done a surface test yet. Are you saying I should run that on the drive I'm trying to install Windows on? Also, my install medium is a Kingston USB DT101 G2 (32GB). I tried to install Windows on another drive as well, but the same issue popped up.
Yeah, I actually did that! I used Rufus to set it up, but it became non-bootable. I'm trying to figure out the best way to recreate it again.