Windows on Arm with Raspberry Pi

Question

If anyone has tried Windows on Arm with Raspberry pi especially the 4 version I was thinking of trying it out on the raspberry pi 4 and if anyone can share their experience of using windows on arm with raspberry pi and also share tutorial if possible then it would be very helpful .for me to get started with Windows on Arm with Raspberry Pi. I tried to get Windows on Arm get working on Raspberry Pi but faced many problems during this so we can discuss the problems in the thread as Welland share tutorial and experience of using it.

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Aabhas Senapati

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Message was edited by: Aabhas Senapati

shabaz · Accepted Answer

Hi Aabhas, I think you may need to create such a tutorial : ) There's various links and Youtube videos on the Internet showing some form or another of Windows running on different versions of Pi's in the past, but Windows is a loose term. There is "Windows IoT", and there's "Windows 10" for x86 or x64, and there is "Windows 10 on Arm", amongst other versions and releases, so it isn't clear which term you mean by "Windows on Arm" - reason being, some people have attempted Windows 10 for x86 or x64 on the Pi in the past too, with varying success, so the term is ambiguous. It is also unclear if you're looking for a proof-of-concept with things partially working, or something tested and compatible with lots of software and tuned for performance (e.g. with SSD instead of micro SD), and all these things would need to ideally be tried and tested too, otherwise performance may be bad (compared to a x86 $200 laptop), at least on older Pi's. Anyway, I think you may need to research and test it out and create such a tutorial (or kick it off as a project so that others can contribute, with the detail on which version of Windows you're working towards), because (unless a google search reveals otherwise) I believe there may not be any recent resource on it, especially for Pi 4 as you mention, and at least not to the quality of typical element14 tutorials.

clem57 · Answer

Seems that recent Pi's have not been tried for Windows IOT. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-iot-core-on-the-raspberry-pi-4-will-microsoft-support-the-35-computer/ indicates a lack of update on this since 2016. For older Pi's at least https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1392482/Windows-10-IoT-Core-on-Raspberry-Pi-4-2019-update seems to indicates the level of support.