Clean Install Windows 10 without DVD or USB Flash Drive  

tomdsr said:

k, and now after wpeinit, do the same ipconfig /all

It shows almost the same thing, nothing more after that. The only difference is that now host name is: minint-ru...

billy88 said:

It shows almost the same thing, nothing more after that. The only difference is that now host name is: minint-ru...

Well, that is why then. that computer doesnt have an ip address or know the network is there in that state

tomdsr said:

Well, that is why then. that computer doesnt have an ip address or know the network is there in that state

I thought something like that was happening, so I tried ipconfig /renew to see if it helped. But, no. How do I fix that? (I'm not familiar with using command prompt from boot.)

billy88 said:

I thought something like that was happening, so I tried ipconfig /renew to see if it helped. But, no. How do I fix that? (I'm not familiar with using command prompt from boot.)

its above my pay grade but my belief is it isnt loading your network drivers (or are you on wifi, thats not supported).

reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...iew=windows-11

tomdsr said:

its above my pay grade but my belief is it isnt loading your network drivers (or are you on wifi, thats not supported).

reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...iew=windows-11

What?! I'm on wifi! hehehe :S How is that not mentioned or did I miss it (it's a long read, but I don't think it is mentioned)? hehe I mean we get "CTRL+A and CTRL+C do this", plus "double click to mount an .ISO" and later Kari even said: "...I wanted to keep it (this tutorial) "newbie proof".

Oh, man...

Anyway, thanks for trying to help, my friend.

billy88 said:

What?! I'm on wifi! hehehe :S How is that not mentioned or did I miss it (it's a long read, but I don't think it is mentioned)? hehe I mean we get "CTRL+A and CTRL+C do this", plus "double click to mount an .ISO" and later Kari even said: "...I wanted to keep it (this tutorial) "newbie proof".

Oh, man...

Anyway, thanks for trying to help, my friend.

You didnt miss it, its not mentioned in the tutorial, i saw it in the link in my last post :)

tagging @Kari so it can be put in tutorial :)

Kari said:

Of course, the target device must be connected to network when installing from a network share.

Yes, but the guide leads one to believe that all the preparation needed, in this regard, is to be able to figure out how to share under a normal Windows environment (points 1.11 - 1.14). (I went and looked elsewhere for how to enable all the services needed and all the settings to be changed, in order for both computers to be able to share with each other. And, got that working.)

Kari said:

...wpeinit does not connect device to network, it only allows device to be connected.

Solution is to use wired connection on target device. The source computer can use wired or wireless network.

There's also the main problem, the point of this guide, of not having a single working USB port (or even a card reader). I don't know how many tablets / laptops (with presumably 32 GB of storage, since we are doing this using the network) are going to come with an ethernet port (and still working fine, considering the possible scenarios for everything else going caput so that you need this guide in the first place).

That's why I was perplexed that this sort of thing was explained: "1.8) ...Mount the downloaded ISO image as virtual DVD simply by double clicking it. Open mounted ISO in Explorer, select all files and folders with CTRL + A and copy them with CTRL + C..."

But, the fairly intricate stuff for the average user was left out, i.e. WinPE (the name and related command you're probably not familiar with, at all, as a normie following tenforums tutorials) does not let you connect using Wi-Fi.



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tomdsr said:

You didnt miss it, its not mentioned in the tutorial, i saw it in the link in my last post :)

tagging @Kari so it can be put in tutorial :)

Thanks again, I was really going bonkers hehe. I thought it had more to do with SMB1, which apparently would still be an additional problem? If so, not negligible considering that many devices in this situation would likely have a Home edition installed.