Chromebook’s are cheap and accessible and while Chrome OS is pretty good for browsing and using Google Docs, it can’t do much else. If you would prefer to have it run Windows it is possible, but doesn’t work seamlessly. If you still like the idea, here is how to install Windows on a Chromebook. Important note: Windows isn’t officially supported on a Chromebook and the standard UEFI will need replacing in order to make this work. If you’re not comfortable taking a Chromebook down to its most basic level, you may not want to attempt this. The OS change is also not supported on all hardware.

Check the to see if yours is supported. Install Windows on a Chromebook To make this work you will need a Chromebook, a USB keyboard and mouse and USB installation media of 64-bit Windows. Back up anything you don’t want to lose from your Chromebook. Plug it into the mains and keep it there. Power off your Chromebook and then hold the Escape key and F3 while pressing the power button. You now boot into recovery mode. Press Ctrl + D and then Enter to boot into Developer Mode.

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Boot your Chromebook once more and press Ctrl + Alt + T. Type or paste ‘shell’ and hit Enter. The prompt should change from ‘crosh>’ to ‘chronos@localhost / $’. Type or paste ‘sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1’. Type or paste ‘sudo crossystem dev_boot_legacy=1’. Plug the Windows installer USB, keyboard and mouse into your Chromebook and reboot. Instead of Ctrl + D, hit Ctrl + L to load into the legacy bios we just enabled.

Press Esc when you see the text appear and then select USB as the load device at the next screen. The standard Windows Install process should now begin. You will need to wipe the drive and install Windows fresh.

Some Chromebooks need you to remove a write-protect screw in order to change the BIOS. Mine didn’t but if you have an older one,. There are also a couple of other sudo commands that maybe necessary to allow your Chromebook to boot.

The page linked above shows you how to do that too. The exact sequence of events for installing Windows on a Chromebook differs slightly depending on manufacturer. Mine was an Asus, your mileage may vary. Just amend the process as you need to.

More Windows 10 tips can be found elsewhere on Tom’s Hardware.

Since people seem to ask a lot of the same questions and have spread this out i am making this simple guide. I have done 14 g751 windows 10 upgrades today most clean installs some just standard upgrades. You can use the same key to reinstall windows 8.1 after this process so dont worry. You dont need to have your actual key written down as its embedded but if it makes you feel better you can run the following command in CMD to find the product key associated with your Windows installation: wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey. Use the tool here to upgrade. Now you can use it as upgraded or you can clean install over everything.

To clean install use the same tool here again. Betrayal harold pinter summary. And choose the windows 10 home edition during setup to burn it to a usb. You dont need rufus or anything else the tool formats the usb correctly. Heres another walkthrough if you want further reading People are currently showing dx11.3 dx 12 is still insider access only and if you want dx12 go into windows update, advanced options, insider builds, get started then after you load the newest insider build it will have dx12. Your not missing anything theres nothing built to use it yet. No one knows if it will release later today or a month from now microsoft hasnt released word. Honestly i would wait for the release there is nothing that needs dx12 yet.