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FGS Laptop processing steps
Run KillDisk (~1 hour)
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Insert KillDisk USB, power on device and press F9 to enter boot menu, select the KillDisk USB.
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Configure KillDisk setting before running: Select Erase Disk, in the Erase Disk panel select Erase Certificate. Ensure the “Save certificate as PDF to location:” is checked then select the ... and change the location to “D:\Cert”, then click Choose.
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Go back to Disk Erase and click Start. Enter the key phrase “ERASE-ALL-DATA".
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Once complete select “Browse” and go to the certificate to rename it with the device ID. Ex “Certificate-0025-Success-2024-10-25-14-05-16.pdf” change to “Certificate-826747twu-Success-2024-10-25-14-05-16.pdf”
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Press “Okay”, shut down the device and remove the KillDisk USB. Move to Image with Win11 Home.
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Image Device with Windows 11 Home
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Inset Win11 USB, power on device and press F9 to enter boot menu, select the Win11 USB.
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Windows Setup panel should be auto filled with English (Unites States) for Language/Time and Currency, US for Keyboard layout, select “Next”.
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Click “Install Now”
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Accept Microsoft Terms and click “Next”
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Select Custom Install. If there are drive partitions delete all until only Drive 0 remains, click “Next”
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Upon re-image remove the Win11 USB. On the first set up screen select United States and click “Yes”
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For Keyboard layout select US, click “Yes”
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Skip the second keyboard layout
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Select a Wi-Fi network, if on TWU campus select “twunet” and connect, then click “Next”
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After the initial updates have run, when the “Let’s name your device” appears, it is ready for shutdown and hand-off to FGS. Hold the power button for 10 – 15 seconds. Students will need to follow the “FGS First time sign-in" instructions from this point.
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To sign in the first time follow the steps in this KB : https://servicecenter.twu.edu/TDClient/1956/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=162740