Machine : DELL XPS 8700 : 8 cores, Intel i7-4770, 8 GB RAM
Got a brand new hard drive - 1 TB Seagate, installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS version successfully.
Formatted1 20 GB partition as NTFS the #is /dev/sda2 (See sudo parted result below)
Downloaded the win10 64 bit ISO , did the following :
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs
sudo mount -t ntfs /sda2/ntfs /mnt/ntfs
sudo apt-get remove ntfsprogs && sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g. #Rebooted
sudo mount -o loop ~/Downloads/Win10_21H1_Engilish_x64.iso /mnt/ntfs
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-sg/product-support -> from Drivers, downloaded 12 drivers, copied the .exe files to a different USB stick.
Now, when i try to boot , i do get the Windows boot command prompt , but then it fails as it says cant find drivers. I have tried to browse the USB stick and then rescanned, but it didnt work.
Any clues ?
ac@ac-XPS-8700:/$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA ST1000DM010-2EP1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 50.0GB 50.0GB ext4 primary
2 50.0GB 81.5GB 31.5GB ntfs msftdata
5 81.5GB 102GB 21.0GB ntfs boot, esp
3 102GB 103GB 538MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
4 103GB 1000GB 897GB ext4