Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by judiisis » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 5:15 AM UTC

Install Windows the Arch Linux Way
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Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by CodeCompost » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 5:43 AM UTC

It's basically headless Windows, isn't it?

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by jpgvm » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 5:47 AM UTC

CodeCompost wrote: post #2

It's basically headless Windows, isn't it?

No. This will produce a fully fledged GUI Windows install. All this is doing is bypassing the GUI install in favor of manually partitioning + formatting the disks and applying the system image to the partition, then skipping the OOBE (Out of Box Experience) so it can be configured normally with just a standard local account.

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by SuperNinKenDo » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 5:52 AM UTC

Cool. Some useful take home tricks from reading this too.

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by philwelch » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 5:56 AM UTC

jpgvm wrote: post #3

CodeCompost wrote: post #2

It's basically headless Windows, isn't it?

No. This will produce a fully fledged GUI Windows install. All this is doing is bypassing the GUI install in favor of manually partitioning + formatting the disks and applying the system image to the partition, then skipping the OOBE (Out of Box Experience) so it can be configured normally with just a standard local account.

There are easier ways of accomplishing this.

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by hooby » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 6:01 AM UTC

philwelch wrote: post #5

jpgvm wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. This will produce a fully fledged GUI Windows install. All this is doing is bypassing the GUI install in favor of manually partitioning + formatting the disks and applying the system image to the partition, then skipping the OOBE (Out of Box Experience) so it can be configured normally with just a standard local account.

There are easier ways of accomplishing this.

There are, but by my personal experience those other ways might stop working every other Windows update and need tweaking/changing.

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by joemelonyeah » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 6:02 AM UTC

Microsoft actually has a guide for manual partitioning, which this guide does not follow. [1] The Microsoft guide cleans the whole disk and ensures the 100MB EFI partition is before the 16MB MSR partition.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufactu...

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by RachelF » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 6:05 AM UTC

hooby wrote: post #6

philwelch wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are easier ways of accomplishing this.

There are, but by my personal experience those other ways might stop working every other Windows update and need tweaking/changing.

Yes, it is a continuous fight with Microsoft, though.

They are pretty hostile to their end-users.

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by tommica » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 6:14 AM UTC

Huh, for some reason I expected it to be more complex, but this looks quite smooth

Re: Install Windows the Arch Linux Way

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Post by z3t4 » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 6:14 AM UTC

I installed Windows recently and it didn't want to create a partition. Tried all kind of black magic (you can do a lot of stuff using the tools on the install media). Finally I copied the windows usb onto the hdd and booted from it, that did the trick.