Tablet O/S Recovery ... erm... stuff?

[FatRakoon]

Ok, I just bought myself a Gigabyte S10M

Dunno why, I guess I just wanted another Windows tablet cos my Linx died and the surface is rubbish, so we shot it.

Anyway, I have been having a laugh with this thing. It has a 60GB mSata for its storage, and when I opened it up, it has the mSata on an adapter that goes to full Sata sized space, and so great, I can fit a full sized ( but thin ) 2.5" Drive in there, so instantly, I threw in a 120GB SSD, I might splash out on bigger if I find I have a need for it, but for now, the 120GB is just great.

Now, here is the problem that I am having...

It takes Windows 8.1 Pro... I have chucked Windows 10 onto it, for testing and I have a couple of Windows 8.0 Licences that are not used anymore ( Admittedly, not the Windows 10, but if need be, I will buy one )

However, when I do install Windows, the gubbins for the keyboard, does NOT come up!

Now, I can use the Keyboard from the ease of use thingy, I can absolutely do that yes, but the TABLET version of the keyboard does not come up. It does on the 60GB mSata and Im wondering if that is a specific version of windows expecially for tablets? - Im sure it isnt, its just plain Windows 8.1 Pro, but again, why can I not get the keyboard to appear for me so I can fill in any details? - it does while Im installing... Just not once Windows is up and running?

The original 60GB mSata, has a 10GB recovery partition, with 4 .WIM files on it.

Im wondering about using thsoe to make a bootable DVD. How can that be done? Surely there must be a tutorial somewhere? I know that the BOOT.WIM is on the windows disks, and I have a Vista disk maker that also has another wheteverthisfileiscalled.WIM but there is 4 on that recovery partition.

Anyone know what the hell Im on about?

 

[bremen1874]

Why not image the mSATA drive onto the 2.5" SSD?

It sounds like you already have the adapters you'd need to connect them both to a desktop PC. A few minutes with Macrium Reflect and you'd be done.

 

[FatRakoon]

Few reasons...

The guy who sold it to me, says that the recovery does not work right. I have npt tested this however.
Also, I dont like having recovery partitions. Never used them, never needed them, never wanted them.

I would much prefer to have an ISO to put onto a DVD/USB and simply install from that.

In saying that, I never thought of doing that, and so, as an option, I think its my best one for now, so yeah, I might have to do that. Thanks.

 

[FatRakoon]

Ok, so I have copied the mSata to the SSD and sure enough, its done the trick, so many thanks.
I havent expanded the parttions at this time, purely because I have just spent the last few dozen or so restarts where it has tried to repair itself.
Its all done now though...

Ok, I mentioned that the files were about 4 that are .WIM files... erm, I clearly lied cos there are 6 of them, and they are .SWM files.

These are split are they not ( They are, I know that ) and so, as they are 5x2GB and a 1x1Gig, its obviously for the FAT32 limit, and so I should be able to either join them, or, use sysprep ( I think - I have never done it, but I did read about it before I gave up on the idea ) but there must be some image program that I can find that may let me mess about? - I dont know... I will have a play about, now that I have copies of the files, and see what happenes, see where I get, if anywhere.

In the mean time, any clues will be great, just in case I fail to get anywhere.

Thanks.

 

[FatRakoon]

And on styarting to give this thing a proper go, I find that the Win 8.1 setup isnt working properly either?

No audio?

Device shows one there, but the speaker has a red mark on it and can I play anything? Can I hell.

Quick plonk of a USB device lets me play stuff for sure, and after a quick search, I have found a load of Drivers for it, and seemingly, it has full support from all versions of Windows from, and including Vista, so why Win10 wont play nicely I dont know? So stuff it Im putting 10 on and sticking with it until I manage to get that keyboard up and running somehow?