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<img align="right" src="../../assets/nabu.png" width="425" alt="Linux Running On A Xiaomi Pad 5">
# Running Windows on the Xiaomi Pad 5
> [!WARNING]
> PLEASE DON'T USE ANY VIDEO GUIDE ON YOUTUBE OR ANY OTHER PLATFORM! THOSE VIDEOS ARE OUT OF DATED!
## Installation
## Installing Windows
### Prerequisites
- Brain
- [Windows on ARM image](https://uupdump.net/)
- [UEFI image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erdilS/Port-Windows-11-Xiaomi-Pad-5/main/images/xiaomi-nabu_secureboot-v2.img)
- [Drivers](https://github.com/map220v/MiPad5-Drivers/releases/latest)
### Boot recovery back to start installing Windows
```cmd
fastboot boot <recovery.img>
```
#### Execute the msc script
> If it asks you to run it once again, do so
```cmd
adb shell msc
```
### Assign letters to disks
#### Start the Windows disk manager
> Once the Xiaomi Pad 5 is detected as a disk
```cmd
diskpart
```
#### Assign `X` to Windows volume
#### Select the Windows volume of the tablet
> Use `list volume` to find it, it's the one named "WINNABU"
```diskpart
select volume <number>
```
#### Assign the letter X
```diskpart
assign letter=x
```
### Assign `Y` to ESP volume
#### Select the esp volume of the tablet
> Use `list volume` to find it, it's the one named "ESPNABU"
```diskpart
select volume <number>
```
#### Assign the letter Y
```diskpart
assign letter=y
```
#### Exit diskpart
```diskpart
exit
```
### Install
> Replace `<path/to/install.wim>` with the actual install.wim path,
> `install.wim` is located in sources folder inside your ISO
> You can get it either by mounting or extracting it
```cmd
dism /apply-image /ImageFile:<path/to/install.wim> /index:1 /ApplyDir:X:\
```
### Install Drivers
> You can download Drivers [here](https://github.com/map220v/MiPad5-Drivers/releases/latest)
> When it ask you "Enter Drive letter..." type X:
```cmd
Open folder with Drivers and run OfflineUpdater.cmd
```
### Create Windows bootloader files for the EFI
```cmd
bcdboot X:\Windows /s Y: /f UEFI
```
## Boot into Windows
### Make a backup of your existing boot image
```cmd
adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/soc/1d84000.ufshc/by-name/boot$(getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix) of=/tmp/boot.img"
```
### Pull backup to computer
```cmd
adb pull /tmp/boot.img
```
### Reboot to bootloader
```cmd
adb reboot bootloader
```
### Download and flash UEFI image
> Download [UEFI image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erdilS/Port-Windows-11-Xiaomi-Pad-5/main/images/xiaomi-nabu_secureboot-v2.img)
```cmd
fastboot flash boot <path to image>
```
> [!NOTE]
> On the first Windows boot, it will not see any Wi-Fi networks, just restart it by holding down the power button, and after reboot when you try connect to yuor network and you see "ice-cream" click "try again" 7 times
### Boot back into Android
> Use your backup boot image and flash from fastboot
```cmd
fastboot flash boot boot.img
```
### Remove phantom drive letters (if they are not removed automatically)
> Run theese commands as admin to remove letter
```cmd
mountvol x: /d
mountvol y: /d
```
## Finished!
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### [Last step: Setup Dualboot](dualboot-en.md)