”I'm trying to get my head round a method I found of installing Windows 11 from the command line, which involves having an empty hard drive connected, partitioned in a particular way, picking up from the installation ISO on a USB memory stick.”

Y’see, this is the kind of thing I was referring to when I spoke about ‘trying to be clever by outwitting the system and using outlandish software’! It’s akin to witchcraft to a simple guy Ike me! Another reason I want to avoid upgrading until they’ve made it foolproof. ;-)