This was one of the worst experiences I had in the last 5 years.Īnybody know how I could have get that done without so much pain? My head still hurts

Finally I can install Windows 11 with internet, and get windows update to install the drivers.After hitting my head against a wall for 53 minutes I finally figured it out, I can connect my Smartphone via USB to the notebook and enable tethering for internet.For now, let's just see if I can get the wifi drivers installed there.recovery questions and so on, I don't want that to overwrite my profile later) Setup asks me weird questions which look like a messed up user profile (e.g.Googled how to get Windows 11 installed without WIFI, found a command line hack to allow installation without internet.

Downloaded all WIFI drivers from DELL, put them on the stick, manually installed them from the command line during setup - still no wifi.

Windows 11 wants to connect to the internet, no WIFI.

deleted all existing partitions (including dell_support hahah) for a clean install.

Downloaded the driver from Dell, put it on the usb stick, had to figure out which of the 5 directories is the correct one, drives detected.

Create a custom USB-Stick, and install windows manually.

Use Windows reset feature, this time, let it download windows from the cloud.

Use Windows reset feature to get a clean installation.

Since it comes with mcaffee crap preinstalled I decided to reinstall windows, and the following story unfolded

Dell broadcom driver windows 10