Asus T200 and other non upgradable 32GB machines

[Homer3334]

Evening all

 

We have inherited a client with a shed load of 32gb asus t200ta tablets/laptops which the staff use as their main laptops. There are the usual challenges with updating since only the 32gb storage, we've been lucky enough to know someone very useful with a soldering iron, but the chips are basically made to stay, I heard even the manufacturer throws the board away with any bad solders for defects (as they are so cheap)

 

With all the background out the way, my question is do you think its possible to:

 

1. Install windows 10 to a 64gb class 10 sd card (think we have this bit done already)

 

2. Boot to the SD card (the hard part) even in a fairly indirect way.

 

The bios won't boot to anything other than USB stick or onboard emmc, my theory is to put just the bootloader/boot selection in the 32gb emmc and basically have that point to Windows on the SD card to live and run off there.

 

Unfortunately splitting the OS and SD card by distributing apps and such isn't a good option for us, we'd ideally like the whole thing to run off the SD card via the bootloader

 

We did some experimenting with Linux and got it to "select boot" from startup, but obviously from there is difficult as Linux and Windows, would imagine we could get Ubuntu working this way but not Windows....?

 

Any suggestions really welcome, thanks in advance

[FN-GM]

Have you considered another OS such as ChromeOS? Or maybe use them as ThinClients and have the apps on a server?

[Homer3334]

Thanks FN, not a bad idea!

might include that option to SLT and see what they think

[Arthur]

1. Install windows 10 to a 64gb class 10 sd card

That might not be such a good idea.

 

[Homer3334]

Ahhh what a great vid, think you might be right - grasping at straws!!