Question How to clean install Windows on Snapdragon X Elite (Honor Magicbook Art 14)?

Gobrel

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Hello,

I got a Honor Magicbook Art 14 Snapdragon (German version). Great device, snappy with a superb screen.

The hard drive is soldered since it is UFS. But there is also an empty NVMe Slot and I plan to install a new SSD there. So far I created a bootable USB-medium. First I extracted all drivers on my current machine through DISM, after that I integrated them into boot.wim and install.wim. Then created an ISO and finally used Rufus to create an bootable usb medium.

In the bios I disabled secure boot and after booting I hit F10 to get into the boot menu and selected boot from USB-medium. It boots but it reboots again and again. I can not install Windows.

I searched for hours online and it seems maybe the EDL (emergency download mode) mode would help me, or the QFIl flash tool. This link describes how to enter the EDl mode, but I do not understand how he maps a key into the booting sequence. The wlan driver contains a .mbn file, which I guess is the signed firmware. I contacted Honor to get hold of the Honor Windows Image but the could not help me.

How could I install Windows clean on this machine?
 

Gobrel

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I solved it. The boot medium needs to be formatted in FAT32 to successfully boot.