When trying to reinstall Windows 11 on a new laptop, I got the following error during setup:
A media driver your computer needs is missing, this could be a DVD/ USB/
Hard Disk driver.
If you have a CD/ DVD/ USB flash drive with driver on it, please insert it now.
and in German
Ein vom Computer benötigter Medientreiber fehlt.
Dies kann ein DVD-, USB- oder Festplattentreiber sein.
Wenn Sie über eine CD, DVD oder ein USB-Speicherstick mit dem Treiber verfügen,
legen Sie sie jetzt ein.
The drivers Asus offers on support website for its Vivobook X1704VA-AU774 are installer .exe files that cannot be used during Windows setup.
Problem cause
I downloaded the Win11_25H2_German_x64.iso from Microsoft's official Windows 11 download page and the copied the file on my Debian 13 Linux computer onto the USB flash drive:
cp /home/cweiske/Downloads/Win11_25H2_German_x64.iso /dev/sdb
This is the problem: Not all parts of the iso file are available to the setup, and so it fails with missing drivers.
Solution
Instead of directly copying the iso file to the flash drive, I used WoeUSB to create a proper bootable flash drive from the .iso file.
On Debian 13, I had to install wimtools and grub-pc-bin to get WoeUSB 5.2.4 working.
I also used the unattended installation generator to create a autounattend.xml file that let me setup Windows without internet connection and with a local account.
Asus Vivobook 17 X1704VA
I can't recommend the laptop. It feels very cheap and the CPU fan always spins - even if no application is running.