Guides/Installing Windows 10 manually

As you may know, the installation of Windows since Vista has been done by a GUI which can either be run from a previous version or Windows PE. However, this GUI is effectively a way to run certain commands, but easier for the regular user. This page will describe the process of installing Windows by hand (up until Windeploy.)

This only shows how to do the process for UEFI-based systems

Firstly, boot Windows 10 or above installation media, or a version that has at least the Windows 10 version of DISM. When you get to the regional options part, press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt, and type diskpart.

In diskpart, you will have a series of commands to type. Do not include what is in the brackets or the brackets.

Now you have completed diskpart, next we will apply the image to the disk. The following are commands, same applies to diskpart with brackets.

If you have completed all above steps without issue, congratulations! You have installed (most of) Windows 10 manually.