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Clean install Windows 10 on Surface Pro 3.
So Windows 10 has just been released to the masses with a promise to undo all the problems that plagued its predecessor - Windows 8.
Being a tech enthusiast living on the bleeding edge, my dad wanted to do a clean install of Windows 10 on his Surface Pro 3 instead of upgrading from his current version of Windows 8.1. This simple task ended up frustrating the both of us because of the various hoops that we had to solve on the way.
To summarise, the main challenges were:
Surface can only boot from a USB that is formatted with FAT32 The downloaded Windows 10 ISO file (downloaded via Microsoft’s media creation tool) is only compatible with a NTFS formatted USB drive by most ISO-to-USB tools Knowing how to force a Surface to boot from USB.
Having eventually been successful in the clean install, here is a walkthrough of what we ended up doing:
Step 1: Download Windows 10 ISO.
Using the media creation tool, choose to download Windows 10 to an ISO file instead of running an immediate upgrade.
Step 2: Extract ISO to USB.
Creating a bootable USB drive from the downloaded Windows 10 ISO using a tool such as Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool will not work out of the box. That’s because the tool ends up ( always ) creating a bootable USB drive formatted with NTFS which is not compatible with the Surface Pro that expects a UEFI boot device; i.e. one that is formatted with FAT32 and not NTFS.
The workaround that ended up working for us is manually extracting the ISO to a USB that is formatted with FAT32.
Format a USB drive with FAT32 Mount the Windows 10 ISO file or manually extract the file to disk Manually copy the extracted ISO files to the USB drive.
Step 3: Disable BitLocker drive encryption.
Attempting to format your primary drive and do a clean install when running on Windows 7/8/10 can frequently fail because the latter encrypts your drive by default with BitLocker encryption for additional security. So you will need to check and disable BitLocker for your drive if its turned on.
To decrypt your primary drive and all your files, goto “Control Panel > System and Security > BitLocker Drive Encryption” and choose to “Turn off BitLocker”. This process could very well take a good 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 4: Booting Surface from USB.
Now that you have a bootable Windows 10 USB drive formatted with FAT32, your last step is to boot your Surface from USB and go through the standard Windows setup installation.
As per Microsoft’s instructions, to start the Surface from a USB drive follow the following steps:
Insert a Windows 10 bootable USB drive into the USB port on your Surface Press and hold the volume-down button Press and release the power button When the Surface logo appears, release the volume-down button.
Surface should boot Windows 10 installation from your USB drive and hopefully you are now well on your way to start clean installation of this fantastic OS that is apparently the last of its kind.
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How to Reload Windows 8.1 on Your Surface Pro Tablet.
If you upgraded your Surface Pro tablet to the Windows 10 preview and everything broke, or you just need to completely reinstall the thing, today we’re going to show you how to reload Windows with a recovery USB.
This should work for any Surface tablet, although we’re using the Surface Pro 3. And yes, we upgraded to the Windows 10 preview which currently has some serious bugs for Surface tablet users. Note that we’re not complaining, it’s a preview, and Microsoft even warned us ahead of time that it would probably not work well.
But now it’s time to reload Windows 8.1 on the Surface tablet. And because we replaced Windows 8 entirely we’ll need to download the recovery USB.
If your Surface tablet is still running Windows 8.x and you are able to boot, you can just do a Reset from the PC Settings to completely reinstall, which is probably a better option. If you can’t boot, or you wiped the drive for some reason, you’ll need to keep reading.
Note: if you have any data on this tablet that you want to keep, you should have already backed it up. Because this is going to completely wipe the computer.
How to Create a Recovery USB for Your Surface Tablet.
First you’ll want to head over to Microsoft’s website and download the Recovery USB image. You’ll have to enter the serial number from the back of your Surface tablet.
While your recovery image is downloading, insert your USB drive and format it to FAT32 (right-click the drive in Computer and choose Format).
We highly recommend using a USB3 flash drive instead of a USB2 if you have one. Just make sure to get a good drive like this one.
Once you’ve downloaded the very large recovery image, you’ll need to unzip it to a folder.
And then copy the contents of the folder to the root of the USB drive.
That should be all you need to do.
Using the Recovery USB to Reload Windows on the Surface.
Now that you have your Recovery USB, insert it into the USB port on your Surface tablet.
And now hold down the Volume Down button, press the Power button, and continue holding the Volume Down button until you see the Surface logo.
Hold volume down. Press Power and release. See Surface logo. Release volume down button.
You’ll be presented with a prompt for language and such before getting to the actual recovery menu.
You’ll want to select Troubleshoot…
And then select Reset your PC.
We forgot to take a picture of this screen so this screenshot is from a virtual machine. It’s the same thing though.
You’ll be presented with a somewhat confusing Reset your PC screen. Here’s what you need to do:
Press the Continue button even though it looks grayed out. When “Skip this drive” shows up, press that link.
Now you’ll be asked to choose your target operating system. You’ll want to select the one that you want to wipe… even if it says Windows 10 or something else. It doesn’t matter, because it’ll reload from the USB drive you created.
You’ll be prompted whether or not you want to repartition the drives. If you want to make sure the old operating system is completely wiped or you made changes to partitions, select Yes here. Again, you should have already backed everything up before you got to this point, because everything is going to be wiped no matter what you do.
Once you reboot you might get prompted to reset the TPM. Just hit the F12 key on the keyboard (you’ll need to hold down the Fn key at the same time).
After a fairly long process of reinstalling the computer, everything should be clean and just like the first time you took it out of the box.
We’ll try installing Windows 10 again later, once they work out more of the bugs.
Bliss OS Features.
We offer many custom options for big screens and small screens alike that allow you to setup your device for various different tasks.
Performance.
We built the OS with a focus on speed and stability with tweaks to assist in the most demanding applications.
Battery-friendly.
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Added Security.
Additional security options and features are found throughout the OS. And AOSP security updates are merged regularly.
Compatibility.
We bring Bliss to every device we own. And our PC builds include extras for ARM/ARM64 app compatibility.
Desktop or Tablet UI.
Bliss OS lets the user choose between Desktop or Tablet UI, based on the launcher being used. You can even mix the two for a truly customized experience.
Taskbar, by @farmerbb.
An Open Source Desktop launcher that allows the use of a bottom taskbar, with Bliss button (start menu) BoringdroidSystemUI, by @Utzcoz.
An integrated desktop launcher with tasks, built into the navigation bar (Coming Soon) AOSP based Launcher.
An Open Source launcher that is more geared towards a tablet interface. Based off AOSP Launcher 3.
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Bliss OS comes with a variety of added features for compatibility with ARM and x86/x86_64 apps. As well as added configurations for many gamepads and profiles for Tincore Keymapper, allowing users to game like never before.
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Bliss OS Versions.
Bliss OS 11 (Stable):
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Our Bliss OS 12 builds are considered Beta status, and users should expect some bugs. These builds should not be considered for daily use.
Bliss OS comes in a few flavors.
Since we are usually working across multiple versions of Android with Bliss OS, things can get a little confusing when it comes to figuring out what build type is right for you. Here is a little explanation of our currently supported variants to help things along.
Bliss OS 11.x.
These are generic builds based on Android 9 (Pie) and BlissROMs sources. These are considered our current stable branch (These builds come with ARM app compatibility)
Bliss OS 12.x/14.x.
These are generic builds based on Android 10/11 (Q/R) and BlissROMs sources. These builds are now produced as a Featured Flavor of Android-Generic Project (12.x builds do not come with ARM app compatibility)
Variations:
We normally release a few different variations of Bliss OS.
App Services:
Stock - Normally barebones, minimal apps added. Perfect for product testing FOSS - Includes Free and Open Source app store solutions Gapps/GMS - Includes Google Play Services.
Kernel, Mesa, native-bridge.
The filenames we use contain some important information about what all is included in the builds.
x86/x86_64 - Device Type 32bit/64bit _k-xxxxx - Kernel Branch - ex: k-kernel-5.4 _m-xxxxx - Mesa Branch - ex: m-r-x86 (r/r-x86 means stock Mesa branch in current manifest) foss/gms/emugapps - Apps Type houdini/libndk - Native-Bridge Type.
Supported GPU's: Intel GPUs - supported + Vulkan AMD GPUs - mostly supported + Vulkan Nvidia GPUs - some support - no vulkan.
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What type of PC do you have?
Bliss OS 14.3 (Android 11) is available for most 32bit PC's. Here's the download:
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Our Atom support is experimental.
Our Atom builds work best with newer Atom CPU's. Here is the download:
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Your CPU lacks support for SSE 4.2 and requires a 32bit build.
Bliss OS 14.3 (Android 11) is available for most 32bit PC's. Here's the download:
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Our Ryzen support is experimental.
Please be aware of this. Here is the download:
Unfortunately we do not officially support Bliss OS on this type of CPU. Please check our website for info on building Bliss for your device.
Your device requires a special kernel with IPTS Touchscreen support.
Most Surface devices include an IPTS touchscreen which requires a separate kernel (excluding SP2/3).
Download the latest Stable build for Intel, then install or use Gearlock, and use that to apply the IPTS kernel.
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Our Atom support is experimental.
Our Atom builds work best with newer Atom CPU's. Here are the downloads:
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Your CPU lacks support for SSE 4.2 and requires an old build/kernel.
We actually recommend you run the 32bit version with Kernel-4.4. Here is that download:
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Our Ryzen support is experimental.
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Unfortunately we do not officially support Bliss OS on this type of CPU. Please check our website for info on building Bliss for your device.
Your device requires a special kernel with IPTS Touchscreen support.
Most Surface devices include an IPTS touchscreen which requires a separate kernel (excluding SP2/3).
Download the latest Stable build for Intel, then install or use Gearlock, and use that to apply the IPTS kernel.
For complete details, see: Here.
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Bliss OS 14.3 Builds are now available.
We've hit the go button on releasing our Android 11 builds for PCs.
Bliss ROMs documentation can be found on our docs site, while our development update posts can be found on the XDA thread for that devices release version.
We recommend all users start with using the documentation we have provided before trying to hunt us down online and ask us questions as this action takes away the valuable development time we have committed towards this project. None of us are paid for the work we do on Bliss, so please set your expectations accordingly.
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Microsoft Surface 3 Type Cover Integration Driver 1.1.363.0 for Windows 10 64-bit.
The package provides the installation files for Microsoft Surface 3 Type Cover Integration Driver version 1.1.363.0.
If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. Take into consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones.
In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps):
1. Extract the .cab file to a folder of your choice 2. Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Manager 3. Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver Software 4. Choose to select the location of the new driver manually and browse to the folder where you extracted the driver 5. If you already have the driver installed and want to update to a newer version got to "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" 6. Click "Have Disk" 7. Browse to the folder where you extracted the driver and click Ok.
About Keyboard Driver:
Install the proper keyboard software and your system will be able to recognize the device and use all available features. This will also make it possible for owners to configure additional hotkeys.
In case additional keyboard accessories are connected, this step can also improve the bundle’s overall stability and compatibility, as well as performance.
Therefore, if you wish to install this release, simply make sure that your computer OS is supported, save the package, extract it if necessary, run the available setup, and follow the on-screen instructions for a complete installation.
Bear in mind that, even though other platforms might be compatible, we do not recommend applying this software version on configurations running under OSes other than the specified ones.
That being said, if you consider applying the present version, download and install the package. Also check with our website whenever you can, in order to stay up to speed with latest releases.
It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.
Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can
arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.
Surface Pro 3 WIMBoot ROM + guide + discussion.
Features: 1. Only 1.6 GB footprint on C: drive right after the first boot (53.5 GB free out of 55.1 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) 2. August, September, October, November, and December update rollups slipstreamed. - plenty of updates not included in rollups are included as well. 3. Surface Pro 3 specific updates included (KB2978002, KB2969817) 4. Bloat free with about 3 GB saving: (Microsoft devices are shipped bloat-free? Think again) - Only 6 metro apps included (Camera, IE, OneDrive, PC Settings, Photos, Store). The rest can be downloaded from Store - Trial Office removed, absolutely no trace this time around - Speech data removed (available as separate package, link soon) 5. Pen Pairing OOBE appears and working 6. Languages included: Dutch, English, German, French . Since it is Windows 8 Pro, you can download any other language later. 7. WinRE from vanilla Windows , 200 MB saving (working so far, please report if something wrong happened) 8. Hibernation disabled out of the box (Connected Standby lasts forever, like a Surface RT) 9. 16 hours Connected Standby if hibernation is enabled (open an elevated cmd, then type powercfg -h on ). The expected battery drain over the 16 hours period is less than 10%. 10. Pagefile takes less space: 256 MB, it can grow to up to 4 GB. Just reboot to get it back to 256 MB. 11. Various Windows tweaks - Verbose messages, you get more information in restarts/boots /etc - No startup programs delay , it has SSD anyway - non- certified DLNA devices are supported - Adaptive Brightness tweaked from XDA - Custom resolution script added (open C: drive, its there. Just double click.) 12. Official drivers updated (January 2015 drivers) 13. Intel iGPU latest driver included (you need to enable it manually using Device Manager. It uses the Microsoft's driver by default)
December build https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E5E8A7DE0FA794BC!68359 (for next uploads, which one do you recommend: Box sync, Google Drive, MEGA, or OneDrive?)
Features: 1. Only 1.2 GB footprint on C: drive (54 GB free out of 55.2 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) excluding hibernation and pagefile 2. August, September, October, November, and December update rollups slipstreamed 3.
Surface Pro 3 specific updates included (KB2978002, KB2969817) 4. Bloat free with about 3 GB saving: (Microsoft devices are shipped bloat- free? Think again) - Only 6 metro apps included (Camera, IE, OneDrive, PC Settings, Photos, Store). The rest can be downloaded from Store - Trial Office removed - Speech data removed (who uses that anyway?) 5. Pen Pairing OOBE appears and working 6. Languages included: Dutch, English, German, French . Since it is Windows 8 Pro, you can download any other language later. 7. WinRE from vanilla Windows , 200 MB saving (working so far, please report if something wrong happened)
How to install: 0. Get a keyboard and USB hub (Type Cover might also work, but I don't have one to test) 1. Download and extract the package with WinRAR 2. Set up the ISO image on a CD or USB stick. - If you use Rufus, set it on "MBR for UEFI computer" (only for the USB stick, the Surface will be set up as GPT) 3. Boot it on the Surface 4. Enter cd /d D:\scripts 5. Enter diskpart /s part44.txt (use part43.txt for December build) 6. Enter applywim D:\Images\install.wim D:\Images\winre.wim 7. You can repeat the step #6 just to be sure 8. Reboot, unplug the USB stick.
First of all, I would like to thank murphy78 from mydigitallife.info forum for creating the noob-friendly guide for creating WIMBoot image (friendlier than Microsoft's version, at least).
Here I tried doing it using Surface Pro 3's recovery image instead of clean Windows which is used on his/her guide. I recommend this especially for 64 GB model users, or if you want to deploy 64 GB Surface Pro 3s. 128 GB users can benefit too.
I don't really recommend this for 256 or 512 GB SP3s, since the additional free space is not worth the effort IMO (of course, youre free to do it, its YOUR SP3, after all).
(I copied most of the steps from murphy78's, unless changes are necessary)