New Windows Setup
Get recent insider's win.iso from UUP Dump
Get a new Windows.iso...
see: get recent win.iso from UUP Dump
setup Ventoy (remove Win11 check)
Make a USB stick (Live CD), and copy/past Windows.iso to it...
see: setup Ventoy (remove win11 check)
Make Partitions on the Disk
Split your new disk into two or more partitions, and start installing Windows...
Move C:\Users to F:\Users
Pause the Windows installation at the middle to move C:\Users folder to another place...
see: move C:\Users to F:\Users
Make 4 Magic Folders
Directory Tree
F:\ # root directory of second partition
│
├── OneDrive
│ └── super # starter apps
│
├── Yandex.Disk-visi
│ ├── middle # additional apps
│ └── english-polyglot
│
├── Yandex.Disk-parsh
│ ├── hm
│ └── textblock
│
├── ...
Google Drive (P:)
├── MyDrive
│ ├── down # working apps
│ └── work # working files
│
Install Clouds
1. Google Chrome
Default install --> C:\Program Files\Google
Open your Microsoft Edge browser (Windows installs it by default). Look the link in the collection Super of browser.
When you installed Google Chrome, the following links are located in the Super bookmark folder of your Google Chrome.
2. Yandex.Disk 10Gb free
You can connect/reconnect Yandex.Disk to any Yandex account. Firstly, you need to be logged in, and secondly, configure the location of your local folder.
Later you can logout and login to another Yandex account.
1. Force install --> F:\Yandex.disk-visi # with 10Gb size
2. Force install --> F:\Yandex.disk-parsh # with 30Gb size
You can change Folder location in Yandex.Disk at any time after installation. Which is very convenient! To do that, open Yandex.Disk Settings and click Change folder location...
3. GoogleDrive 15Gb free
Read more: support.google.com: 7329379
Auto install --> G:\MyDrive virtual drive!
After the update, GoogleDrive can only be on a virtual drive. Any attempts to change the location were unsuccessful.
4. OneDrive 5Gb free
Force install --> F:\OneDrive
If you need to fix the folder location on OneDrive, you need to open the OneDrive Settings and select unlink this PC.
Avoid Duplication
After the initial default installation of one of the cloud services, you will get a folder with the default location set to C:\User\user-name.
And if you later change the location of this folder, you'll have to manually delete the default folders with all the contents to avoid duplication.
Permission Issue During Removing
If you are facing with permissions issue when deleting the default OneDrive folder, follow these steps. Run cmd.exe as admin and run in cmd terminal these commands :
taskkill /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe
To avoid data loss, do not forcefully empty the remote cloud storage trash when you change the location of your local storage.
Install Git-linked apps
5. VS Code
choose System Installer, installation to F:\Program Files\VS Code
To sync VS Code I chose PaPa31(GitHub) account
6. Git-Bash
Install Git-Bash and SSH setup
If you choose the non-portable version it will not automatically put a Git-Bash entry in settings.json of Windows Terminal. Manual configuration required.
Fonts Installation
(Windows/Linux)
7. Fira Code
- Fira Code Retina
Mainly for VS Code
8. Cascadia Code
- CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono
With Powerline glyphs. Mainly for PowerShell terminal (git).
Some glyphs is non-existence. Take another font CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono. Downloads here: nerdfonts.com: Font Downloads. Add to settings: "fontFace": "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono",
Installing Fonts
Both above fonts installing similar:
- Download zip
- Unzip
- Open ttf folder
- Select all files
- Right-click
- Select Install (MX Linux: Actions > Install... )
additional apps #todo
Install Nodejs
You can use nvs on Windows and nvm on Linux.
Optional Configuration
This section is my experience.
bats, sys & regs
In this folders contains scripts to automate the configuration.
Need to set storage folders in Windows Settings menu. And set right-click context menus. To avoid the errors when set the folders.
Yandex.Disk
In my Yandex.Disk-visi lays the Super folder. But this folder must be in the OneDrive folder and be very light. With couple programs (installers). The others I can found by another ways (via hm site, for example).
TODO: Install Yandex.Disk, downloads all Yandex.Disk-visi files. Make another folder: Middle. Move not relevant files from the Super folder to Middle. Move Super folder to OneDrive.
- Install Yandex.disk:
https://disk.yandex.com/download/YandexDiskSetup.exe?src=Yandex.Landing
Desktop Icons
After copying the F: disk the Desktop Icons is shown.
But after copying from another disk (cloning) the Desktop Icons disappear.
Games
VS Code
VS Code started well (except font), but I've got this:
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Users\parsh\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.exe
Git installation not found.
And GitLens plugin gave the error about Git absence.
Need to reinstall the portable Git-Bash version to my default folder 'F:'?
Another error massage:
Git not found. Install it or configure the git.path
I opened VS-Code setting.json and add the line:
"git.path": "F:\\Portable\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe"
And if VS Code terminal doesn't want to work, add the following to the end of your System Environment Variable:
F:\Portable\Git\bin
This line works but you won't need it if you have installed a non-portable version of Git-Bash.
All apps requiring customization after copy/paste from cloud service cannot be portable.
If a workflow requires communication between app, portability is irrelevant.
Git-Bash
Git-Bash doesn't work fine out-of-the-box. Pushing to remote doesn't work. Need ssh setup.
SSH Setup
Every new machine need to be verificated through a new pair keys? Yes, most likely.