[TechnoMax]

I have the Bosch problems too. And I too could not delete the files from within my  running Windows tablet. You have to boot externally, in my case I used a emergency USB stick after c’t magazine. But any WinToGo device (produced by WinToUSB for instance) would work.

But unfortunately the deletion and reinstallation from the Double Driver dump here did not help me.

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Yes, when I attach a Windows 1703 UEFI boot stick I get as “Boot Option 4” “[UEFI: Intenso Rainb…]”

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But was could be the reason that these USB-sticks don’t work with the Teclast X80 Pro? Even a very old Lenovo T61 had no problems booting them.

And of course I would like to stick to my Windows solutions for an emergency device. I never got used to Linux in the past.

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I would use a dedicated partition tool.  MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition http://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/partition-wizard-home.html worked well for me several times. Meanwhile I use it more often than my paid partition tools that I still have.

But I am afraid that it will not work that easy: Here is a picture of the many partitions on a Android-Windows device I do not see how the space alloted to Android can easily be added to the Windows partition.

I did it the hard way and removed Android totally. Then of course you really get a bigger Windows.

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I modded my LapBook 12.3 too. I started with a shortening the bar to gain space for a M.2 2280 SSD. But then I removed the rest too and for me the notebook is stiff enough even now.

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I asked [email protected] a week ago for info about a spare charger and did not get any reply so far.

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I am actually not that sure any more regarding the partitions and their location.

My Teclast now shows 4 partitions: 1: 100MB primary partition, 2: 376 Mb EFI system partition, 3: C 28,19 GB NTFS system partition, 4: 480 MB recovery partition. I do not have the selection screen any more and the device boots Windows automatically.
My other unchanged Android+Windows device shows still a lot partitions: https://i.imgur.com/sCu6yok.jpg
I now would rather play it save and start first with a driver backup via Double Driver and a system backup with the backup program of your choice (I now use AOMEI Backupper for most cases, even for universal restore). And then probably do a clean install from an USB 1703 stick. During installation you get asked where to install, you then can delete each and every partition and let Windows create all the neccessary ones before writing to the disk. You loose the recovery partition, but with a full system backup it is not that neccessary any way.
If you hesitate with a total clean install I think only the 100 MB partition and the system partition have to be moved to the left in order to ad the free space gained from the former Android partitions. I think the recovery partition has to be the last on the drive.

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I have the 12.3 not the 14.1 LapBook. I first shortened the metal bar to make room for a “normal” 2280 M.2 SSD. Then I too took it out completely and think that it was technically useless: Neither is it needed as a counterweight for the display nor to stabilize an otherwise wobbly keyboard. The notebook still weighs some 1.280KG but some 100g less than before. For me a premium notebook is light not heavy as the mainstream versions.

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I would not use a Chuwi LapBook 12.3 for editing purposes. It really is lame for this demanding tasks: Geekbench gives it only 1400/4000. My NUC 6i3, which I use for photo editing (DXO Optics Pro 11 for RAW files), has 3110/5980. My MateBook with a M3 and only 4 GB RAM came in with 2632/5197.

But of course the Display of the Chuwi is excellent for showing final pics to others.

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The outer diameter of the plug is 3.5 mm.

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I posted inside Fotos here: https://techtablets.com/forum/topic/how-i-cloned-the-64gb-emmc-to-a-256gb-m-2-ssd/page/2/#post-71048

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I capitulated and finally did a clean new install: Booting from a Windows 1703 stick I deleted all and every partition on both SSDs an installed Windows on the bigger M.2 SSD. I then restored an AOMEI backup that I had made beforehand of the old eMMC installation. To speed up things I had copied it to the internal eMMC that now is my data drive.

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The mod with a 2280 M.2 SSD for a Lapbook 12.3 is possible and quite easy:

You have to shorten the metal weight at the bottom to gain the space for a 2280 drive. You need some spacer and a fitting screw to screw on the end of the M.2 device. The plastic piece glued to the metal bottom cover has to be removed to have enough space for the M.2 drive. I added some thermal pad to my SSD as it gets quite hot under load.

But so far I did not find out how to boot from the new big SSD and not the old small one. How is this done? Changing between the two Windows Boot Manager versions to be found in BIOS did not help.

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When you say, “Now you can fit a 2280 without any issues”, which Chuwi device do you mean? (I have a 12,3 not a 14,1)

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The inside of the M.2 slot ist indeed plastic.

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