Install Windows 10 IoT on a Raspberry Pi

Ever wanted to install windows on your Raspberry pi?

Well you can now. This version on windows won't boot up like the traditional windows you use but but be a single window version. You won't be able to run all the apps you usually run but would be able to do some basic operations.

This process of installing Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi involves downloading the installer, drivers and the OS itself from a variety of unofficial sources. We can’t vouch for these sites or the files as being legitimate or safe. But we can say that we didn’t experience any security issues ourselves.

Installing it will probably take you at least an hour, and you may experience some Blue screens along the way. But when you’re done, you will be able to see what Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi is like, and, if you have an Ethernet connection, you can even surf the web on it.

Hardware required:

• Raspberry Pi 3, 3B or 3B+ 
• High-speed, microSD card of at least 16GB.
• A good 2.5-amp power adapter for the Pi.

Software to download:

• SDCard Formatter
• The WoA (Windows on Arm) installer for Raspberry Pi
• The latest Core package
• Windows 10 Arm image 

STEPS -

1. Use SD Card Formatter -this may or may not be necessary depending on how your card was previously formatted or if it is completely blank.

 2.Download the Windows image from https://uupdump.ml/. Make sure you choose a version that’s for arm64 (not x86 or amd64). Select Windows 10 Pro when prompted to choose a version. Choose download using Aria2, and convert.

3. Unzip the file (ex: 18836.1000_arm64...zip) to a folder on your PC and launch the aria2_download_windows file.

4.Unzip the Core file (ex: Core Pack 1.4.0) into its own folder.

5. Download Ethernet driver and unzip it to its own folder. 

6. Copy the ndis650 folder from the Ethernet driver into the Core Package’s /drivers/Pre-OOBE subfolder.

7. Edit the config.txt file in the Core Package’s UEFI subfolder, and add disable_overscan=1 to a line at the end if it's not already there.

8. Create a new zip file from the Core Package folder (ex: CorePackage1.4.zip).

9. Right-click the ISO file that the script created for you in step 3, and select Mount. This will assign the ISO file a drive letter (ex: G:), so you can later browse it from within the WoA app.

10. Download, unzip and run the WoA installer. Windows smart screen will warn you not to run it. Click “more info” and then “run anyway.”

11. Navigate to the Advanced tab, click Import Core package and then select the Core Package zip file.

12. Under the Windows Deployment Tab, click Browse and then navigate to the ISO file you mounted to select install.wim from the /sources subfolder.

13. Click Deploy. This process will take several minutes.

14. Insert the microSD card into your Raspberry Pi then boot it up with a keyboard and mouse attached.

15. Type “exit” at the Shell prompt, and hit enter. This will take you to the BIOS menu. You need to do this because at first boot, your Pi goes to this UEFI shell instead of booting off the Windows 10 partition.

16. Select Device Manager, then Raspberry PI Configuration, then HypDxe Configuration.

17. Make sure System Boot Mode is set to “Boot in EL1.” That may be the default.

18. Navigate to the Device Manager->Raspberry Pi Configuration->Chipset Configuration menu, and select Max from the CPU clock menu

19. Press ESC a couple of times, and select Y to save your changes. Then hit ESC a couple of times to return to the home screen.

20. Navigate to the Boot Maintenance Manager ->Boot Options->Change Boot Order menu.

21. Hit Enter and use the - key to move SD/MMC on Broadcom SDHOST to the top. Hit Enter, then Commit Changes and Exit. This will make sure your computer always boots straight to Windows, not to the UEFI shell.

22. From the home screen, navigate to Boot Manager, and select SD/MMC on Broadcom SDHOST. You may be asked to hit Enter to reset. Now your Pi will boot off of the Windows partition.

24. Complete the Windows 10 install process.

AND Voila You are done.