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Windows 10 can be installed on an HP Stream 7 tablet

Posted on January 28, 2015 at 11:58 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

In spite of WIMboot.

See this HP support thread.

t/h AR

Windows News HP, WIMboot, Windows 10 build 9946
Windows can’t be installed because this PC uses a compressed operating system.

Posted on January 24, 2015 at 06:43 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

I know, it’s frustrating.

If you’re trying to install the latest Windows 10 build on a Windows 8.1 machine, you may be greeted by that notice. I got it while trying to put build 9926 on a brand new Asus Transformer.

The culprit? WIMboot. It’s a Microsoft technology that squeezes Windows into a smaller footprint, so Windows can essentially boot from a compressed image. That’s great for cheap machines, but it doesn’t play well with the Windows 10 installer.

I haven’t found any workaround. After trying for an hour to install 9926 directly from a UEFI-enabled USB drive, I finally gave up. Sorry, Rufus. No luck.

Windows News WIMboot, Windows 10 build 9926

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