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How come you are installing windows 10 version 1511?
Do you know anyone that may have a MSI driver disc?


1) To ensure that there are no improper bios settings please reset the bios.

How to Clear Your Computers CMOS to Reset BIOS Settings:
https://www.howtogeek.com/131623/how...bios-settings/
3 Ways to Reset Your BIOS - wikiHow:
3 Ways to Reset Your BIOS - wikiHow


Pages 14 - 16 Owners manual:


Resetting BIOS
You might need to restore the default BIOS setting to solve certain problems. There
are several ways to reset BIOS:
y Go to BIOS and press F6 to load optimized defaults.
y Short the Clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard.
Important
Please refer to the Clear CMOS jumper section for resetting BIOS.


JBAT1: Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Jumper
There is CMOS memory onboard that is external powered from a battery located on
the motherboard to save system configuration data. If you want to clear the system
configuration, set the jumpers to clear the CMOS memory.
Keep Data
(default)
Clear CMOS/ Reset
BIOS
Resetting BIOS to default values
1. Power off the computer and unplug the power cord
2. Use a jumper cap to short JBAT1 for about 5-10 seconds.
3. Remove the jumper cap from JBAT1.
4. Plug the power cord and power on the computer.



Page 17 owners manual:

Software Description
Installing Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10
1. Power on the computer.
2. Insert the Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10 disc into your optical drive.
Note: Due to chipset limitation, during the Windows® 7 installation process, USB
optical drives and USB pen drives are not supported.
3. Press the Restart button on the computer case.
4. For windows 8.1/ 10, skip this step. For Windows 7, access the BIOS menu
Advanced > Windows OS Configuration > Windows 7 Installation and set the item
to enabled, save changes and restart.
Note: It is suggested to plug in your USB Keyboard/USB Mouse to the leftmost
USB port when installing Windows 7.
5. Press F11 key during the computer POST (Power-On Self Test) to get into Boot
Menu.
6. Select your optical drive from the Boot Menu.
7. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
message.
8. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10.
Installing Drivers
1. Start up your computer in Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10.
2. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive.
3. The installer will automatically appear and it will find and list all necessary
drivers.
4. Click Install button.
5. The software installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will
prompt you to restart.
6. Click OK button to finish.
7. Restart your computer.
Installing Utilities
Before you install utilities, you must complete drivers installation.
1. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive.
2. The installer will automatically appear.
3. Click Utilities tab.
4. Select the utilities you want to install.
5. Click Install button.
6. The utilities installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will
prompt you to restart.
7. Click OK button to finish.
8. Restart your computer.

That's great.
If it will give you the comfort and satisfaction definitely as it is easy to perform as there was just a recent clean install.
This way there are no would have, could have, should have, etc.

Please comment on the reason for choosing 1511 as compared to 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809.
What modifications are you planning to make so that it remains 1511 and there is no automatic upgrade?

1) Make another clean install
2) Install all drivers from the computer or motherboard manufacturers website
3) Install any other drivers that are needed and were not displayed from the component manufacturer website
4) Check the BIOS to make sure that it is up to date
5) Install applications
6) Install AV
7) Make a Macrium backup image and save the image to another drive or the cloud

zbook said:

Please comment on the reason for choosing 1511 as compared to 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809.

As I said before, I installed 1511 because its on my installation disk.

But I'm upgrading to 1809 now through the win 10 upgrade assistant. I'm currently stuck at 99% for 3 hours now. I'm tempted to restart my computer now. What do you suggest?

It is never a good idea to interrupt Windows upgrades as unexpected problems can occur.
When performing Windows upgrades the best method is using a Windows 10 iso and performing an in place upgrade repair.
This is not in having a successful upgrade as much as it is in have information in case there is a failure to upgrade.
When there is a failure to upgrade there can be two error codes: result code, and extend code
The method using upgrade assistant generally only produces the result code whereas using the Windows 10 iso allows the creation of the extend code. The combined codes give a little more information in case there is an upgrade failure.

zbook said:

It is never a good idea to interrupt Windows upgrades as unexpected problems can occur.
.

But its been 4 hours now and my PC has been on since yesterday.

It has many Windows versions to catch up to. There may be many files that need to be installed before other files.
If the upgrade fails then perform the following steps:

1) Create a bootable Windows 10 1809 iso:
Download Windows 10
Download Windows 10 ISO File | Tutorials

2) Perform a clean install with the Windows 10 1809 iso:
Clean Install Windows 10 | Tutorials