Windows 10 TP - Build 9879 - WIMBoot incompatibilty - "Windows can't be installed because this PC uses a compressed operating system."

Ran into an issue installing the W10 TP today; currently using a laptop who's manufacturer load up windows 8.1 using WIMBoot to save space on the SSD.
Because of WIMBoot, the W10 installer detects that "Windows can't be installed because this PC uses a compressed operating system."
This means that, short of redoing my Windows Install from scratch, I have no way to install the W10 TP, either through the ISO or through Windows Update.
Any chance that this will possible in a future build?

Wimboot needs an image file, that HP uses with Windows8.1 + Bing on
Stream 7 tablet & HP stream laptops11.6" & 13.3"
Hp turned windows 8.1 into image file for using 32gb sd storage
windows 10 until finalised will not be an image file
bye retired techie
This is quite unhelpful, as I am in the same boat on an HP Stream 11, and many others are in this boat as well
According to the System Requirements page for the latest technical preview, Windows 10 is unsupported on
all 16GB WIMBoot devices, but only incompatible on
some 32GB WIMBoot devices, thus seeming to imply that some WIMBoot devices are indeed compatible.
The question is, why are some WIMBoot devices upgrade compatible while others are not? And is it possible to work around this limitation while retaining the WIMBoot configuration and user data, as an option for advanced users?
Furthermore, Windows 10is an image file (install.wim is what's used to install, refresh, and restore Windows). WIMBoot devices, from my understanding, use the install.wim (which currently contain the Windows 8.1 OS) in
a read-only mode, only applying updates and changes as files on the C: drive (so any updated files are located on C: and the originals within install.wim ignored?). Problem is, there has yet to be any explanation from Microsoft, for OEMs or consumers,
on how WIMBoot devices are to be upgraded in the future, as WIMBoot was only introduced with Windows 8.1, and so there hasn't been any major consumer releases of Windows that these devices would upgrade to.

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/cant-install-windows-10-pc-uses-a-compressed/f5e6863a-51ab-4dee-922f-a5885f07b056?page=1
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