Question Hard drive on motherboard full

[bigyaz]

I have a baby Asus pc that works great but the 32 gb hard drive, which is incorporated into the motherboard, is full. Is it possible to plug in a mini flash drive (biggest I've seen so far is 128 gb), install windows there, and use that to run the pc? Would the C drive then have any useful function? Thanks in advance.

 

[Newtonius]

I wouldn't advise that, it would run incredibly slow and is a pain to even get on a USB to begin with. Try to see if you can swap out the drive for a bigger one, or possibly install another drive alongside the one currently in there.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a baby Asus pc that works great but the 32 gb hard drive, which is incorporated into the motherboard, is full. Is it possible to plug in a mini flash drive (biggest I've seen so far is 128 gb), install windows there, and use that to run the pc? Would the C drive then have any useful function? Thanks in advance.

No.

Offload some data (doc/video/photo/etc) from the 32gb internal drive to whatever other flash drive.

What specific Asus is this?
I have a couple of similar.

 

[bigyaz]

I wouldn't advise that, it would run incredibly slow and is a pain to even get on a USB to begin with. Try to see if you can swap out the drive for a bigger one, or possibly install another drive alongside the one currently in there.

That was my first thought but there is no separate hard drive, that capability is built into the motherboard.

 

[bigyaz]

No.

Offload some data (doc/video/photo/etc) from the 32gb internal drive to whatever other flash drive.

What specific Asus is this?
I have a couple of similar.

Good morning USAFRet.
And thank you for your service.

It is an Asus E203M.

 

[bigyaz]

Good morning USAFRet.
And thank you for your service.

It is an Asus E203M.

 

[USAFRet]

This device?

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Can you post a screencap of your current Disk Management window?
upload to imgur.com, post the link here.

 

[USAFRet]

The specs seem to indicate there is a place for a 2.5" HDD or SSD.
Does this exist? You'd have to open it up to actually verify.

If not, then a 128GB or 256GB small flash drive, and offload some data from the little 32GB eMMC.

 

[bigyaz]

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[bigyaz]

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The specs seem to indicate there is a place for a 2.5" HDD or SSD.
Does this exist? You'd have to open it up to actually verify.

If not, then a 128GB or 256GB small flash drive, and offload some data from the little 32GB eMMC.

The specs seem to indicate there is a place for a 2.5" HDD or SSD.
Does this exist? You'd have to open it up to actually verify.

If not, then a 128GB or 256GB small flash drive, and offload some data from the little 32GB eMMC.

I've been inside a couple times, one I remember to replace the battery. I just did a 2.5 inch SSD on a 15" HP so I'm familiar with the size. There is no room and even if possible, would not know how to connect to MB.

 

[USAFRet]

I've been inside a couple times, one I remember to replace the battery. I just did a 2.5 inch SSD on a 15" HP so I'm familiar with the size. There is no room and even if possible, would not know how to connect to MB.

Then you may be out of luck, except for a USB flash drive, and offload some data to that.
OS remains on the tiny 32GB eMMC.

 

[Math Geek]

those things were designed with the idea that any storage would be cloud based. you can use dropbox or onedrive or whatever and keep everything in the cloud to clear up that drive. no thumb drive to lose or keep with you that way.

just a different thought in case it sounds ok to you.

 

[USAFRet]

Yep....something cloud would have been the thought process when these things were sold.