| Activity | Standard NVMe SSD | UHS-I SD Card (Labeled Exclusive) | UHS-II SD Card | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Boot Time | 10-15 seconds | 55-90 seconds | 30-45 seconds | | App Launch (Chrome) | 1 sec | 6 sec | 3 sec | | Windows Update | 5 min | 25 min | 12 min | | Page File Usage | Excellent | Poor (avoid heavy multitasking) | Acceptable |

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies\WriteProtect = 0

We are also seeing a new wave of (Snapdragon X Elite) that treat SD cards as expandable storage. The UUPdbin community is currently developing "exclusive" scripts for these ARM devices, allowing Windows 11 on ARM to run entirely from a microSD card on a Raspberry Pi 5.

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