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In this video I show you how to install Windows over a wired or wireless network
I will first set up a Windows computer as a PXE server
You will need some files to help you boot your computer over the network
To get those files you use Microsoft developer tools
It's called Windows ADK
This tool helps you to create a Windows PE file to rescue your computer
But you don't need the entire Windows PE file, just some boot files
You open this tool with administrative rights
Then use the above statement to create the necessary files
And here are the files I got, we will use these in the next part of the vide
To boot over the network you need a software called PXE server
It will load boot files for computers over a wired or wireless network
I will put the download link in the description
Here I have downloaded and unzipped PXE server
You navigate to the folder named Boot of the PXE server
You will add the necessary files when giving this folder
Those files were obtained by me in the previous step of the video
You should paste here 6 files and they are as follows
You find those files in the folder named winpe just created in the previous step
The first two files are named BCD and boot.sdi
The next file you need to copy is Bootx64.efi located in a folder called EFI
So there are 3 files, there are still 3 more files
The next two files are named bootmgr and bootmgr.efi
The last file is in a folder called source
This file is called boot.wim, the largest of the 6 files
You need to make sure in this directory there are all 6 files as above
Now you set up the boot menu, to do that you open the file called menu.ipxe with Notepad
You remove the default content and replace with a simple menu for boot purposes using Windows PE
I put this file in the description
The new menu has only one option, which is to boot using Windows PE
Next is the Windows 11 operating system installer
You download the installer from the Microsoft website and extract it
Here I extract the ISO file using Winrar and create a new folder named Win11
This is the folder named Win11 I just created
In it store the files of the Windows 11 installer
You share this folder over the network to install Windows 11 remotely
To share that folder I create a new account and set permissions
Here I create a new account with the username netvn
The new account has been created successfully, next I will share the folder named Win11
When installing Windows 11 over the network, other computers will use these files to install the operating system remotely so you share this folder
I share this folder for everyone
Next, you assign the highest permissions to the account with the username netvn for this folder
The account with the username netvn has read, write and edit permissions for the folder named Win11
So this folder has been shared
Now you just need to run the PXE server with administrative rights
The setup steps are done, next I will install Windows 11 over the network
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You need to make sure that the firewall on this computer allows the PXE server to pass through
From another computer you set it to boot over the network
My other computer uses ASUS motherboard and network boot setup like this
This computer is assigned an ip address from the router and starts to boot over the network
The PXE server loads files to boot into Windows PE
It's a command line operating system
You map a shared folder named Win11 and name it as drive Z
192.168.1.66 is the ip address running the PXE server
After mapping the shared folder, run the setup.exe file to install Windows 11 for this computer over the network
When you restart this computer the next time you set it to boot from the hard drive, you don't need to use the PXE server anymore.
If you want to install Windows 11 with a local account, here you use the Shift F10 key combination to open the command window
Then use this command to restart the computer
Make sure your computer is disconnected from the internet
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