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Windows Setup

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Device: Dell XPS 9320

Install Windows

Create Bootable USB Drive

  1. Use Rufusopen in new window to create bootable USB drive.
  2. Download Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Applicationopen in new window from Dell Supportopen in new window and extract to the USB drive, for example E:\extra\Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Driver-and-Application_0F5G4_WIN64_19.2.0.1003_A01_03\.
  3. Download Intel AX211 and Killer 1690/1650/1675 Wi-Fi Controller Driveropen in new window from Dell Supportopen in new window and save to the USB drive, for example E:\extra\Intel-AX211-and-Killer-1690-1650-1675-Wi-Fi-Controller_55NTY_WIN_3.1122.1141.0_A02_02\.
  4. Download KSM Scriptopen in new window and save to the USB drive, for example, E:\extra\KMS-Cangshui.net.bat.
  5. Download Clash for Windowsopen in new window and save the installer to the USB drive, for example, E:\extra\Clash.for.Windows.Setup.0.19.26.exe.
  6. Download Support Assistopen in new window and save the installer to the USB drive, for example, E:\extra\SupportAssistInstaller.exe.

Install Windows

  1. Boot from the USB drive.
  2. If no storage drivers can be found, load drivers from E:\extra\Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Driver-and-Application_0F5G4_WIN64_19.2.0.1003_A01_03\15063\Drivers\Drivers\VMD\[1].
  3. Delete all partitions and allocate three partitions: 512GB + 512GB + remaining = 524288MB + 524288MB + remaining. The first two partitions are for windows, one for windows installation and one for data storage. The remaining partition is reserved for Ubuntu installation.

Post Installation

  1. Open Device Manager, manually update driver of Network Controller, search for drivers in the USB drive E:\extra\Intel-AX211-and-Killer-1690-1650-1675-Wi-Fi-Controller_55NTY_WIN_3.1122.1141.0_A02_02\.
  2. Activate Windows with KSM Scriptopen in new window saved in USB drive.
  3. Install Support Assistopen in new window with the installer from USB drive.

Essential Software

  1. 沧水的 KMS 服务 – Kms|Windows 激活|Office 激活|Windows 下载|Office 下载|搭建 KMS 服务器 (cangshui.net)open in new window

  2. Bandizip · Free zip, 7z, unzip, unrar Archiver · Fast and easy (bandisoft.com)open in new window

  3. Windows Subsystem for Linux Documentation | Microsoft Docsopen in new window

  4. Visual Studio: IDE and Code Editor for Software Developers and Teams (microsoft.com)open in new window

  5. Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefinedopen in new window

  6. Typora — a markdown editor, markdown reader.open in new window

  7. Office Tool Plus Website - Easy to Deploy Office (landian.vip)open in new window

  8. VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLANopen in new window

  9. From GitHubopen in new window

    1. Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy wayopen in new window
    2. Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg: A Windows/macOS GUI based on Clash (github.com)open in new window
    3. microsoft/PowerToys: Windows system utilities to maximize productivity (github.com)open in new window
    4. zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor: 这是一个用于显示当前网速、CPU 及内存利用率的桌面悬浮窗软件，并支持任务栏显示，支持更换皮肤。 (github.com)open in new window
    5. ciderapp/Cider: A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀 (github.com)open in new window

  10. Pulse Secureopen in new window

  11. Adobe Seriesopen in new window

    1. Adobe Acrobat DC

  12. 腾讯会议官方——腾讯会议 会开会 (tencent.com)open in new window

  13. WeChat for Windows (qq.com)open in new window

  14. 百度网盘-免费云盘丨文件共享软件丨超大容量丨存储安全 (baidu.com)open in new window

Optional Software

  1. CPU-Z | Softwares | CPUIDopen in new window
  2. HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUIDopen in new window
  3. Adobe Seriesopen in new window
    1. Adobe Premiere Pro
    2. Adobe Photoshop
    3. Adobe Illustrator
    4. Adobe Audition
  4. Open Broadcaster Software | OBS (obsproject.com)open in new window
  5. Autodesk - Accountopen in new window
    1. AutoCAD

Reference

  1. Intel 11th Generation Processors, No Drives Can Be Found During Windows 10 and Windows 11 Installation | Dell USopen in new window ↩︎