Duration: 17:49

2,721 views

11

In this video I instruct in using the Windows 11 Direct ISO Download Links from Microsoft to make a UEFI Bootable USB that passes Secure Boot. The Direct ISO Download Links are designed for more advanced users. This video is going to assume you are familiar with the Windows Terminal. For most OEM and Retail customers, the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is instead recommended. I cover the Media Creation Tool in detail in my other video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yoXk0-vrBc&ab_channel=PhilipYip

The Windows 11 Direct ISO Download Links contain the supplementary Editions; Windows 11 Pro Education and Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (as well as the European Commission N Versions of the above that are rarely used N indicates No Media Player) and are available here:
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

The ISO from the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool contains a boot.wim and install.esd file which are both less than 4.0 GB which is the upper file size limit for the FAT32 partition. The ISO from the direct download links contains a boot.wim and an install.wim and this install.wim is greater than 4.0 GB which causes some additional complications when making a UEFI Bootable USB. Some Dell systems for example my OptiPlex 7060 require a FAT32 Partition to pass Secure Boot and a NTFS Partition is rejected as a Boot entry. If the USB has a single FAT32 partition, the install.wim cannot fit on it. We must therefore create a Bootable USB that has a FAT32 Boot Partition and a NTFS install partition.

To do this I will use the Windows Terminal and DiskPart. The lines of code to do this are listed in more detail here but I will also paste them below (the link to my website may be better when it comes to copying and pasting the lines of code however). You may need to modify them in accordance to the name of your ISO and the disk number of your USB flash drive:
https://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/windows-11-direct-download/

cd Downloads
Get-FileHash "Win11_EnglishInternational_x64v1.iso"

diskpart
list disk
select Disk 1
clean
convert GPT
create partition primary size=1024
create partition primary
list partition
select Partition 1
format fs=FAT32 quick label="BOOT"
assign letter=H
select Partition 2
format fs=NTFS quick label="INSTALL"
assign letter=I
exit

Copy all the files from the ISO to the boot partition (except for the sources folder). In its place create your own sources folder and copy the boot.wim. Copy all the files from the ISO to the install partition (including the sources folder)

Windows 11 Installation Media lacks the Intel VMD (F6-flpy) drivers required for a Dell system configured with the RAID SATA Operation (using Intel VMD). These can be downloaded for a Dell Business model using Dell Drivers and Downloads:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-uk?app=drivers
Extract the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and copy the F6 subfolder directly to C: and copy the boot.wim and install.wim directly to C: (right click their properties to uncheck read only so we can modify them). Note you may need to change the name of the .cab file to match the one you have downloaded and you will also need to change the index of the install.wim to match your desired index:

mkdir "C:/BootTemp"
Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:"C:\boot.wim"
Dism /Mount-WIM /WimFile:"C:\boot.wim" /index:2 /MountDir:"C:\BootTemp"
Dism /Image:"C:\BootTemp" /Add-Driver /Driver:"C:\F6" /Recurse
Dism /Unmount-WIM /MountDir:C:\BootTemp /Commit
rmdir "C:\BootTemp"
rmdir "C:\F6"

mkdir "C:/InstallTemp"
mkdir "C:/DellDrivers"
cd Downloads
expand 9305-win11-A00-CPVCD.cab -f:* "C:\DellDrivers"
Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:"C:\install.wim"
Dism /Mount-WIM /WimFile:"C:\install.wim" /index:6 /MountDir:"C:\InstallTemp"
Dism /Image:"C:\InstallTemp" /Add-Driver /Driver:"C:\DellDrivers" /Recurse
Dism /Unmount-WIM /MountDir:C:\InstallTemp /Commit
rmdir "C:\InstallTemp"
rmdir "C:\DellDrivers"

If your system has no Dell Driver Pack i.e. is a Home (Inspiron model). You can modify the above to slipstream the F6 drivers into the install.wim instead of the full Dell driver pack.

If you cannot find the Intel VMD drivers on your Dell Drivers and Downloads page, you can also use the ones directly from Intel. These are available for 10th and 11th Intel Generation systems:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19512/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html
And for 8th and 9th Intel Generation systems:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19755/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-8th-and-9th-gen-platforms.html
Rename the extracted folder F6flpy-x64 or F6flpy-x64 - VMD or F6flpy-x64 - Non - VMD to F6
#Dell #VMD #Windows