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Same problem, different solution
I administer a small nonprofit that reconditions donated laptops and subsidizes cheap or free sales in a thrift store. The donated machines are random vintage, make, and model, and unknown condition. If the machine has a Windows 7 or higher license then we provision it with Windows 10, else Linux. Whatever the OS, the installation is via automated script.
Most of the Windows machines provisioned with our script worked fine, but a few newer models threw that error. It turned out to be a BIOS configuration setting on the machine. It failed on "UEFI Boot mode", but succeeded when I changed to "CSM Boot mode". I Googled that and found that it emulates BIOS mode. The older machines are pre-UEFI, so they just worked.
Kari - many thanks for the outstanding tutorial for which you posted a link a couple of posts prior. I'm a Linux administrator but I'm pretty unfamiliar with Windows administration, and a complete novice regarding Windows automated installation. That tutorial was extremely helpful to me.