Windows 10: Anyone tried installing to SD card

Discus and support Anyone tried installing to SD card in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I just bought an SD card adaptor which is a cheaper option than SSD and plan to try to install windows to an SD card, anyone experimented with this?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by banger, Mar 31, 2016.

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  1. BANGER
    banger Win User

    Anyone tried installing to SD card


    I just bought an SD card adaptor which is a cheaper option than SSD and plan to try to install windows to an SD card, anyone experimented with this? Wonder what speed will be like?

    :)
     
    banger, Mar 31, 2016
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  2. [DUNDE]
    [Dunde] Win User
    [Dunde], Mar 31, 2016
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  3. DJSUBHA007
    djsubha007 Win User
    Has anyone TRIED using a 128GB SD card in a Lumia 520

    This is not possible to put a 128 gb sd card in lumia 520 because it is not support more then 64 Gb...
     
    djsubha007, Mar 31, 2016
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  4. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member

    Anyone tried installing to SD card

    The official Windows to Go utility will not install to removable media. I haven't bothered with any of the work around do it your self methods. My Raspberry Pi boots from and runs its OS from a uSD card just fine. The faster the card is the better. My SanDisk Ultra class 10 blows away my low speed basic Kingston uSD card. The difference is easily noticeable.
     
    alphanumeric, Mar 31, 2016
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  5. EDWIN
    Edwin New Member
    I've seen guys trim an external hard drive to fit a sata cable, but that's a drive, not a card. I doubt it.
     
    Edwin, Mar 31, 2016
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  6. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member
    Windows itself, won't install to removable media either. Plus, your PC would have to support booting from your card reader. My laptop will not boot from its SD card slot.
     
    alphanumeric, Mar 31, 2016
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  7. BANGER
    banger Win User
    The adaptor is IDE/PATA to SD card which people seem to be missing.
     
    banger, Mar 31, 2016
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  8. EDWIN
    Edwin New Member

    Anyone tried installing to SD card

    Perhaps cuz you didn't mention that in detail.
    Give it a shot, let us know if it works.
     
    Edwin, Apr 1, 2016
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  9. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member
    *Ditto To the "you didn't mention that part".
     
    alphanumeric, Apr 1, 2016
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  10. BANGER
    banger Win User
    Sorry must have been in the Reflect thread its been a long day haha. Question is will it boot xp I doubt 10 will run on my laptop
     
    banger, Apr 1, 2016
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  11. LMILLER7
    LMiller7 Win User
    Performance will depend on the exact SD card used. Only the best will have performance approaching that of an SSD. Also it seems that wear leveling is not part of the SD specs. The better ones will have it but the cheaper ones probably not.
     
    LMiller7, Apr 1, 2016
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  12. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member
    I'm running 10 on my old in the tooth desktop PC's no problem. YMMV though.
     
    alphanumeric, Apr 1, 2016
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  13. EDWIN
    Edwin New Member

    Anyone tried installing to SD card

    I'm not even sure if an SD Card will allow the necessary partitioning to install Windows! I kinda doubt it.
     
    Edwin, Apr 1, 2016
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  14. BANGER
    banger Win User
    This laptop has 100mb of ram (upgrade to 160 soon) and a AMD K6-III processor from 1998 and just about runs xp haha.
     
    banger, Apr 1, 2016
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  15. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member
    *Shock Windows 3.11 maybe? *Tongue
     
    alphanumeric, Apr 1, 2016
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