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Tip what? Before copying the system, did you change the USB disk format to FAT32?

An old version of Windows 11 Pro in this prepared USB-install image/folder (which was created a long time after 23H2 was released).

What's the avdantage (if any) of using the prepared content compared to downloading and creating a install USB using the official Media Creation Tool from Microsoft ?

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

peo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:27 pm An old version of Windows 11 Pro in this prepared USB-install image/folder (which was created a long time after 23H2 was released).

What's the avdantage (if any) of using the prepared content compared to downloading and creating a install USB using the official Media Creation Tool from Microsoft ?

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

The installation file provided is made to be easy to use, it includes the required drivers preinstalled, and in models where this applies, any drivers that have to be installed in a specific way are again already a part of the system.

As well, it takes time for them to update to new versions of Windows because they test the new versions out on the particular model, along with any new drivers, to make sure everything is working properly.

barry777 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:24 am The hard drive of AM06 Pro supports up to 2TB. If it cannot start, please check whether the new SSD contains the system.

Any idea where this strange belief comes from? There has never been a storage limit on any NVMe or SATA drive on any system ever in the history of this technology. Whether you put in 2tb, 4tb or 8tb, they all work. Now, whether or not they will fit (some are double-sided) and whether or not they might over-heat (mini cases often do not have good air flow on the storage and ram side).

Try it some time. Replace a 2TB LIMIT reported drive with a 4TB or 8TB NVMe and you'll see it works just fine.

The manufacturers appear to be placing the maximum size available at the time of writing (2TB used to be the biggest NVMe you could buy years ago and limited by MBR partitions used back in those years past on new installs) and they call it a "limit", which USED to be true until 4TB and 8TB drives came out. No BIOS update is needed. Its based on how NVMe works in any BIOS that accepts it.

The manufacturers also like to refer to the storage reported on the box as ROM (read only memory) when they mean to say SSD. This bizarre complete misuse of the tech words is not only completely wrong, but its also very confusing since people expect a ROM to be a CD/DVD or Blu-Ray drive.

Run your tests. No such capacity limit exists in any BIOS that supports NVMe and never has. The 2TB limit was a carryover from years old previous models that no one in marketing updated. Perhaps the confusion comes from the old MBR partition used on Windows a decade ago? GPT partitions should be the standard for the last 10 years.... These Mini PCs (ALL OF THEM) boot fine in GPT and do so automatically these days regardless of drive size. Test it and see for yourself. Let me know what you experience.

Just FYI....

Thanks,
Carey Holzman

barry777 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:52 am Tip what? Before copying the system, did you change the USB disk format to FAT32?

No, I didn't. Could you please how to do it?
Thanks

rendo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:22 pm No, I didn't. Could you please how to do it?
Thanks

The steps for formatting the flash drive are 0:16 into the instructional video. Instead of NTFS as shown in the video, format it to FAT32. The rest of the steps are the same.