Windows 10: Can't get windows to install on a brand new build, all solutions I find are for existing...

Just assembled a new computer:


MSI B450 Mortar Max Titanium Motherboard
Corsair LPX Vengence DDR4 RAM 2 x 8gb
AMD Ryzen 3600 CPU

Gigabyte Ge Force RTX2060 Graphics Card
Samsung M.2 SSD 500GB - I want windows to go on this drive
Seagate 3.5" HD Disconnected from SATA and Power

My previous computer is a mac and so it was hard to get a copy of windows or buy it online, because microsoft wont allow mac users to download boot USB keys because microsoft are stupid and unable to imagine that someone who owns a mac might build a new PC. So all the support from microsoft requires the user to have a second PC in order to make the USB key, mac users cannot do this, even if they pay.

So I have used a windows boot USB I made from this process https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-make-a-windows-10-usb-using-your-mac-build-a-bootable-iso-from-your-macs-terminal/

Its a process which converts a microsoft iso file into a USB Boot drive.

I turned on the build, the fans started and got into the Bios for MSI. The MSI bios is pretty lame and hard to understand, there is no easy mode. there was not much I could learn from it due to my limited knowledge, but I was able to set the boot priority to the USB stick and restart where it did actually come into the starting screens of windows.

Unfortunately i could only get through the information section and select drive for windows install. Pretty much everything I have tried from here has resulted in one error or another, I have deleted all the partitions windows makes, left it with just the unallocated space, I have tried to change and format the drives in command prompt, I am not a good command prompt user, no idea really

Done a few tutorials to try and change the SSD to GPT and MBR types, neither is working.

I have switched the RAM around in the slots, but my hardware side looks pretty good. The thing is that there simply is no evidence that there is a problem with my hardware. But I must get this working, because I am not losing $3000 on hardware. So if I can't get this up and running I will have to blame the hardware and get refund from the computer parts guys.

Anyone who posts suggestions, please dont use acronyms and jargon. I wont know what it is. Happy to share screenshots of the problems and bios pages

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