W11 ISO missing device drivers

[techmo15]

Hello,
I've downloaded a base Windows 11 ISO from the media creation tool website.
When I use Rufus to make this bootable, I can install on a 2nd laptop no problem (as expected).

However, when I edit that ISO with NTLite, then try to install it with a USB onto another laptop, it's unable to see any disks, and says "No device drivers were found". Also, the builtin keyboard and trackpad don't work, but USB mouse does.

When I load this ISO into a VM in Hyper-V, it installs no problem.
Also, if I boot from this ISO on the computer that I used to create it, then it sees the discs and has all the drivers for that system. The issue is when I try to use it on a different laptop.

I feel like this shouldn't be a weird use-case (create an ISO on one laptop, use it to install Windows on another). What am I missing?
It seems like the base Windows 11 image contains a bunch of "generic" drivers, and then NTLite is stripping them out in favor of the specific drivers that current laptop has installed. Is there a way to just maintain those generic drivers instead?

 

[garlin]

NTLite won't remove any device drivers, unless you specifically ask it to delete the generic Windows drivers.

For most PC's, you will need specific SATA, NVME, USB or trackpad drivers integrated into the normal image to work. VM's default to using very generic "devices", but typically expect you to install the guest OS extensions for enhanced graphics and keyboard/mouse support.

Your preset doesn't perform any image edits; it's just using Unattended mode, Post-Setup and a handful of tweaks.

 

[techmo15]

I must have been doing something wrong, because now the image I've made is picking up the devices.. Good new I guess, thanks!