I recently re-ran the experiments of “Big Data on the Move: DuckDB on the Framework Laptop 13” on Windows. For this, I installed Windows 11 on the laptop, which turned out to be trickier than I initially envisioned. So here are my notes for the installation.

Booting up

  • Create a Windows installer USB stick e.g. with Balena Etcher
  • During boot, press F2 and pick Administer Secure Boot
  • Go to the Boot Manager and add the .efi file.

Installing the drivers

  • Visit the Framework site and download the driver bundle. For me, this was on the “Framework Laptop 13 BIOS and Driver Releases (AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series)” page and the file was called Framework13_AMD_RyzenAI300_drivers_W11_v105_2025_11_10.exe.
  • Copy this file to the installer USB stick.
  • At the beginning of the Windows installation, press Shift + F10 (you will likely need to hold the Fn key too). This opens a command-line terminal.
  • Navigate to the USB stick by typing D:
  • Install the drivers by running the .exe file.
  • This will install more than a dozen drivers (graphics, chipset, wi-fi, etc.) that will be available during installation.