Windows Setup

Info

Device: Dell XPS 9320

Install Windows

Create Bootable USB Drive

1. Use Rufus to create bootable USB drive.
2. Download Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Application from Dell Support 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 Driver from Dell Support 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 Script and save to the USB drive, for example, E:\extra\KMS-Cangshui.net.bat.
5. Download Clash for Windows and save the installer to the USB drive, for example, E:\extra\Clash.for.Windows.Setup.0.19.26.exe.
6. Download Support Assist 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 Script saved in USB drive.
3. Install Support Assist 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)
2. Bandizip · Free zip, 7z, unzip, unrar Archiver · Fast and easy (bandisoft.com)
3. Windows Subsystem for Linux Documentation | Microsoft Docs
4. Visual Studio: IDE and Code Editor for Software Developers and Teams (microsoft.com)
5. Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined
6. Typora — a markdown editor, markdown reader.
7. Office Tool Plus Website - Easy to Deploy Office (landian.vip)
8. VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN
9. From GitHub
   1. Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way
   2. Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg: A Windows/macOS GUI based on Clash (github.com)
   3. microsoft/PowerToys: Windows system utilities to maximize productivity (github.com)
   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)
   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)
10. Pulse Secure
11. Adobe Series
    1. Adobe Acrobat DC
12. 腾讯会议官方——腾讯会议 会开会 (tencent.com)
13. WeChat for Windows (qq.com)
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)

Optional Software

1. CPU-Z | Softwares | CPUID
2. HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID
3. Adobe Series
   1. Adobe Premiere Pro
   2. Adobe Photoshop
   3. Adobe Illustrator
   4. Adobe Audition
4. Open Broadcaster Software | OBS (obsproject.com)
5. Autodesk - Account
   1. AutoCAD

Reference

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