What To Do Directly After Building A PC
8 hours ago, KyberKylo77 said:I'm still clueless when it comes to this but what exactly do you do right after building yourself a pc? Step by step detailed instructions please... so i can refer to it in the future.
In this Mini-Guide (the first, in a while, of a series), I'll be going over what you should do right after building a PC from scratch.
1) Grab 2 good thumb drives if possible. Preferably, one should be around 8-10GB (Correction by firecrow797) in size, to accommodate for modern OS's. The other only needs to be around 3-4GB at most. Also, make sure that it's empty. If not, back up its contents to a separate computer.
NOTE: Make sure that you have purchased a verified Windows license before following this guide. If you need to, call Microsoft and have them verify the key (if you purchased your license via third-party). Otherwise, you will have a bad time. I suggest purchasing Windows 10 Pro for Workstations if you build is a workstation, or plain Windows 10 Pro if you'll simply be gaming, livestreaming, or doing other normal tasks. Don't buy Windows 10s if you see the option. It's utter nonsense to pay for a neutered product.
Windows 10 Pro ::
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/windows-10-pro/df77x4d43rkt/48DN
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (coming soon) ::
2) Grab a second computer and make sure it's at least running Windows 7 or higher. It can be a laptop, a desktop, a workstation - anything that can run a current version of Windows 10.
3) Plug the larger thumb drive into your second computer, and format it to NTFS.
4) Open you favourite web browser and head to:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
NOTE: Since you will be downloading some content soon, please create a folder on your Desktop, called "New_PC_Windows_Setup". That is where all the downloads should be placed from here on.
5) Under the section that says "Create Windows 10 installation media", click the blue button that says "Download tool now". Once it's finished, tell it to download the ISO so you can burn it to a DVD or thumb drive later.
NOTE: I know that most modern builds don't include optical drives currently. So, you'll be burning it to a thumb drive (unless you have an empty DVD larger that 4.7GB and an optical drive sitting around).
6) While the Windows 10 ISO is downloading to your drive, identify all parts and peripherals that you have installed into your new. scratch-built PC. For every part that isn't the motherboard, the CPU, or USB-connected peripheral (like a mouse, keyboard, or microphone), go to the manufacturer's website in a new tab and download the driver(s) for that specific device.
7) Go to your motherboard's manufacture's website and look up your motherboard model. Download the latest BIOS/UEFI update as well.
8) Using the smaller thumb drive (of the 2 retrieved), follow the directions on the motherboard manufacturer's website to install the BIOS/UEFI update to your new, scratch-built computer.
9) By now, your Windows 10 ISO should be finished downloading. If not, grab some tea or coffee. Otherwise, go on and burn the Windows 10 ISO to the largest thumb drive using your favourite USB-burning program. Please note that some programs, when told to only wipe and burn one partition, will wipe and burn the entire drive instead. As such, it's best to just use empty thumb drives as a precaution. This is totally not the voice of experience and regret. While that is running, wipe the smaller thumb drive and format it to NTFS. Then, copy your downloaded drivers to the smaller thumb drive.
10) When the burning process is complete, eject both thumb drives. You'll be installing Windows 10 now...
11) Go into your BIOS/UEFI settings, and configure the scratch-built PC to boot from the external USB device first (boot priority). Save your changes and exit the motherboard settings.
12) Shutdown the scratch-built computer, and remove all drives but the one that you intend to run Windows 10 from.
13) Insert the largest thumb drive into the scratch-built PC, reboot the scratch-built PC, and allow the Windows 10 installer to initialize. This may take anywhere from 3-6 minutes (at most).
Correction by firecrow797 - the type of slot you use won't matter in terms of transfer speeds, but using a USB 2.0 slot should present less issues, seeing that lost modern motherboards support booting from USB 2.0 slots. However, less motherboards support booting from USB 3.X (unless it's a very recent model). Also, drivers...
14) Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows 10 to your scratch-built computer's internal drive. This is where your Windows license will come in. Carefully chose which drive you wish to install Windows 10 to - it will be the largest one in the system for this tutorial.
15) Once Windows 10 has finished installing, allow it to redirect you to your new Desktop! You're almost there...
16) Now, eject the larger thumb drive from the scratch-built PC and insert the smaller thumb drive that holds your drivers.
17) Install each driver, following the on-screen instructions to configure and load them properly. Save these driver installers to a folder on your new Desktop.
18) Once that is finished, go to your Start Menu, and click the Gear icon under your Windows profile picture - the Settings window should open.
19) In Settings, go to "System". Then, on the menu list to your left, click "About". Check the Windows version to see if it says Windows 10 version 1709. If not, go to step 20. If yes, you've finished!
20) In Settings, go to "Update and Security". Under the section labeled "Windows Update", click on the button that says "Check for updates". By the time you're finished letting that install the update (following the on-screen instructions), you should have the Fall Creators Update installed!
EXTRA STEP :: Turn off your computer and re-insert the drives I told you to remove, from earlier on in the tutorial. If this does not apply to you, ignore this advisory message...
If you've made it this far, Congratulations! You have just installed Windows 10, Version 1709 - the Fall Creators' Update!
Now go and backup your new system drive. This task, I leave to you to handle 
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