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This page and effort are a work in progress.
Operating Systems
Operating Systems
The Gole 2 Pro comes preloaded with Windows 11. The company does not support any other operating system or even reinstalling Windows 11! I have reached out to HigolePC and they have explained that many systems will not work properly once a new OS is loaded.
This page is under construction. I'll be uploading the drivers shortly!
Before you make ANY changes
Before you make ANY changes
HigolePC does not mince words - They do not want you to reinstall Windows or load any other OS on this computer!
Make an image/backup of your computer's drive before proceeding. This will be the only way to completely restore functionality. As far as I know, HigolePC does not provide OS/Drive images.
What you'll need
What you'll need
8gb+ USB drive
An NTFS formatted drive with enough room for the entire image (my image was something like 18gb, but your mileage may vary)
KB/Mouse (touch will not work in the recovery environment)
Hiren's Boot CD (Free)
Making a backup
Making a backup
For me, the easiest way to make a backup was to use Hiren's Boot CD and its included "Macrium Reflect" Utility.
Download Hiren's Boot CD
Use an image writing utility like Rufus to write that ISO file to a USB
Plug in the Hiren's Boot CD USB as well as the drive you are backing up to and the USB KB/Mouse
Turn off the Gole 2 pro and on the external KB, repeatedly press F7 until the device is booted into the bios boot menu
Select the USB drive containing Hiren's boot
Once in the Windows environment, click Windows > Programs > Hard disk tools > Backup > Macrium Reflect
Follow the application's instructions to create a whole image backup of your drive (ensure all partitions are included). Make sure to set the save location to your backup drive.
Once the partition, you should be able to safely test other OS options
Windows 10
Windows 10
With my device, Windows 10 Pro was able to activate on its own after reinstalling.
I have extracted drivers from the preinstalled Windows 11 OS using Powershell. Using Powershell to reinstall the entire package of drivers gets about 80% of the way through then abruptly crashes and breaks the OS. (I'm still doing checks to find out which driver causes this but I suspect it's an Intel Chipset incompatibility). Follow the instructions to avoid this problem!
Drivers for Windows 10
Drivers for Windows 10
Instructions
Instructions
Back up and image your Windows 11 install (as described above)
Install Windows 10 normally (the screen will be sideways and super narrow, just proceed as usual)
Once to the desktop, install Intel Chipset and graphics drivers
Extract Driver Package - Safe.zip to desktop
Open Powershell as an administrator and run the command: pnputil /add-driver "C:\path to the folder you extracted to\*.info"
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