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While it was already possible to backup contacts and SMS to SD card on Lumia phones (via Transfer my Data app), Microsoft has now published an app called ‘contacts+message backup‘ to the store which can backup contacts and text/sms messages from any Windows Phone device (including Lumias of-course) to the MicroSD Memory Card. May 11, 2015 Just in case you didn’t know, a Micro SD card is one of the smallest removable flash memory cards available. Designed specifically for mobile phones, it’s about the size of your fingernail. You can store your documents, photos, videos, music, games and even apps on such a card. Hmmm, my Windows Phone does not show me a Windows Key. Nor easily let me go to the Registry for that matter. But I confirm the same behaviour on my Lumia 640 Dual SIM with a 16GB Samsung SD card that I just updated to tha latest Fastring Built: 10.0.14372. How to move items from your phone to your SD card. The following instructions are for Windows Phone 8.1 handsets and work regardless of your phone maker. In Windows Phone 8.1 go to the.

A couple of years ago, during the days of Windows XP and Vista to be precise, we all used to use traditional CDs and DVDs to install Windows operating system. Post the release of Windows 7 Beta in January 2009, a number of tools started appearing on the web to create bootable USBs that help you install Windows 7 from a USB drive.

Microsoft also released an official tool, a few weeks before the release of Windows 7 RTM to the public, called Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to help end users create bootable Windows 7 USBs from ISO image files. Tools like Rufus and WinUSB Maker are capable of creating bootable USB compatible with both tradition BIOS and new UEFI systems.

But there might be situations where you have Windows 10/8.1/7 ISO file but don’t have a USB drive to prepare and install/re-install Windows from a USB drive. Thankfully, Windows 7, Windows 8/8,1, and Windows 10 can be installed from your phone’s memory card as well.

These days, almost all of us own at least one smart phone and most of these smart phones, barring iPhone, support Micro SD memory cards. So finding a memory card isn’t a hard task, and since all of us carry our phones everywhere, we can quickly move the SD card data to a PC, prepare the bootable memory card, and then install Windows from the memory card.

In this guide, we will show you how to create bootable Micro SD memory card and use it as the bootable media to install Windows 10/8.1/7 from the same. Follow the given below instructions to prepare your Windows 10/8.1/7 bootable Micro SD card and then install Windows 10/8.1/7.

Preparing Windows 10/7/8.1 bootable memory card is fairly a simple job and you need to follow the same procedure that you followed to create Windows 8.1 bootable USB drives.

NOTE 1: Memory cards, other than Micro SD, can also be used to prepare bootable media and then install Windows from it.

NOTE 2: Before using the Command Prompt to prepare the bootable media, I tried the popular Rufus tool to make memory card bootable but it failed. Other similar tools out there might help you in preparing the bootable memory card but we’re going to use the 100% working instructions provided in our how to install Windows 10 from USB guide to prepare Windows 8.1/10 bootable memory card.

Making your Micro SD memory card bootable

Procedure:

Step 1: Remove the Micro SD memory card from your phone and attach it to your PC either using built-in or an external memory card reader.

Step 2: Back up all data from your memory card to a safe location, as we’re going to format the memory card which will erase all data from the card.

Step 3: Open elevated Command Prompt. To open the Command Prompt with administrator rights, type CMD in the Start screen or Start menu, and then simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys. You can also refer to our how to open Command Prompt as administrator for detailed instructions.

Step 4: In the elevated Command Prompt, execute the following commands:

Diskpart

Press Enter key.

List Disk

Press Enter key.

Notice the disk number of your memory card. For example, in the above picture, my memory card’s disk number is 1.

Step 5: Next, type the following commands one after another and press Enter key after tying each command.

Select Disk 1

In the above command, replace “1” with your memory card’s disk number that you have obtained in Step 4.

Clean

Create Partition Primary

Select Partition 1

Active

Format Fs=NTFS Quick

Assign

Exit

Don’t close the Command Prompt yet.

Step 6: Next, mount your Windows 10/8.1/7 ISO file to get a drive letter for the mounted drive. If you’re on Windows 8/8.1, right-click on the ISO file and then click Mount. And if you’re on Windows 7, please go through our how to mount an ISO file in Windows 7 guide for detailed instructions.

Step 7: Execute the following three commands:

G: Cd Boot

Where “G” is drive letter of the mounted ISO file

Bootsect.exe /NT60 F:

In the above command, replace “F” with the drive letter of your Micro SD memory card. That’s it! You can now close the Command Prompt.

Step 8: Finally, copy all files (including hidden, if any) from the virtual drive (ISO file mounted drive) to your memory card. Your bootable Windows memory card is now ready.

Step 9: Turn on the PC on which you would like to install Windows from the bootable memory card, connect the bootable memory card, boot into BIOS or UEFI, re-arrange the boot order to bootable from memory card/USB and restart the PC to see Press any key to boot from CD/DVD message on the screen.

Press any key to begin loading necessary files and installing Windows 10/8.1/7 operating system. Good luck!

NOTE: Should your PC doesn’t show memory card in the BIOS/UEFI and doesn’t support booting from a memory card, you can put back the memory card (after preparing the bootable one) into your phone, connect the phone to your PC using a supported cable and then restart your PC to boot and install Windows. It worked on our PC, at least.

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Hi,

As you have tried multiple options in repairing the SD card issue, I suggest you to check if the issue persists in another phone. This is to check if the problem is with the phone or the SD card.

If the issue does not persist, then I suggest you to reset your phone by following the steps provided in the link below:

Note: Resetting your Windows phone will return it to the same state it was in the first time you turned it on. All of your personal content will be erased, and the phone will be restored to its factory settings. To learn more about how this works, see Back up your stuff.

Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

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I have just purchased a new micro SD card and now I am able to copy and play all of my music and videos on my phone but now I have another issue: I can't save apps to the micro SD card. When I try to install an app, I get error code 0x800070003. This is extremely frustrating as every time I update to the latest build of Windows 10 Mobile, I have to delete my apps as my phone doesn't have enough storage.

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Hmmm, my Windows Phone does not show me a Windows Key,... nor easily let me go to the Registry for that matter.
But I confirm the same behaviour on my Lumia 640 Dual SIM with a 16GB Samsung SD card that I just updated to tha latest Fastring Built: 10.0.14372.

Photos and Music seems to be fine. But Apps are out of reach but for uninstalling. Opening, Moving, Updating are restricted to the Phone Device itself. And with only 8GB that leaves too little

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Hi,

I suggest you to Run the Windows Phone Recovery Tool and check if that helps.

Pleases refer to the link provided below to perform recovery.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA142987

Disclaimer: Using the Software Recovery Tool will erase all content stored on your phone, including apps and games

(along with app data and game progress), text messages, call history, music, photos and more. If possible, you should back up your phone first (Settings > Update and security> Backup). You will be able to restore a backup once the recovery is complete.

Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other assistance with Windows in future. We will be happy to assist you.

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I've noticed a interesting phenomenon. I've been having the 'SD Card issue' where I've been continually asked to scan to fix errors, scan never seems to complete etc... every time I rebooted the phone (which happens fairly often due to the Wifi disappearing when on my corporate network). SInce the update to 14393.67, it hasn't happened AT ALL...

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Really interesting as I am currently on build 14905.1 and I get the SD card issue. Actually the.phone goes blank/ just reboots at random.

I just got 128gb card as I thought the current 64gb was the issue, perhaps not.

I have a 950xl.

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Really interesting as I am currently on build 14905.1 and I get the SD card issue. Actually the.phone goes blank/ just reboots at random.

I just got 128gb card as I thought the current 64gb was the issue, perhaps not.

I have a 950xl.

Cheers.

Julian

I haven't had it at all on 14915....

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Similar issue; Had a 64gb SD card, phone goes blank/reboots at random. Also upgraded and replaced with a 128gb SD card. Beginning a couple days ago it displayed some error that I needed to re-insert the SD card which had not been removed. Today I noticed apps no longer available that are/should be on the SD card. Restarted the phone and was stuck with a 'loading...' message. Nothing working. Tried a couple more times to reboot, same issue. Cracked open the back cover to access and remove my SD card. Restarted without SD card and phone came up ok, minus all that is on and installed on the SD card. Current build: 14393.953 Model: 950

Leaving the SD card out and will check for drive errors via PC later...

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Still have this issue as well. Have tried several micro SD cards, from 32gb up to 128gb in size and after a given time, i get the same issue. Have tried different manufacturers as well, but to no avail.

Have also tried formatting the sd card via the 950xl as well the desktop, again no luck. Also tried resetting the phone, hard rest, factory reset, etc, but still get the same issue.

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I Have multiple 950 and 950XL Phones, all with SD card in different formats (from 32GB up to 200GB) and are running various insider and public release builds

I don't recognize these issues. All the cards are formatted in exFAT format.

Perhaps reformatting the SD card and selecting exFAT format will solve your issues?

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