1) It is widely known among techs that downloading custom ISOs can lead to trouble. While many custom ISOs may be OK, there are many that are not. Just use standard microsoft Win11 ISO, then make your own changes to it.
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2) Do not buy a PC with the horrible Celeron processor, that is even slower than i3.
3) By far the best USB utility creator is Ventoy
www.ventoy.net