# Running Windows on the Xiaomi Pad 5 ## Reinstallation ### Reinstalling Windows if something goes wrong - If you don't like your windows version or you've bricked your windows install, or anything else, you would probably just reinstall Windows. Thankfully this process is very easy. - If you haven't restored your partition table, you can use this guide with your existing partitions. ### Prerequisites - Existing Windows and boot partitions (*If not met, [go back and just pretend this guide never existed](/guide/English/1-partition-en.md)*) - [Recovery Image](../../../../releases/tag/1.0) - [ADB & Fastboot](https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools) ### Boot recovery to format the Windows and boot partitions ```cmd fastboot boot ``` ### Format the partitions > If it asks you to run it once again, do so ```cmd adb shell format ``` ## [Next step: Reinstalling Windows](/guide/English/install-en.md#Execute-the-msc-script)