- Jan 16, 2025
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I have recently come into possession of a Lenovo 14w (Gen 1) School Laptop after my school started to phase out Chromebooks in favor of Macbooks. Normally, Windows 10 is preinstalled on the laptops, but the school tech department decided to install ChromeOS Flex on them, so they could be used as loaner Chromebooks, if someone forgot theirs.
In the process of reinstalling Windows 10 on the laptop, I figured out that the installer likely can't detect eMMC storage and the trackpad didn't work. I have tested three versions of Windows 10. I have tested 22H2 (BSOD), 1507 (Doesn't detect eMMC drive), and 19H1/1903 (Doesn't detect eMMC/drive). I tested 22H2 multiple times, I used the Windows 10 media creator to create a installation USB, and I used Rufus to also create a installation USB. For 1507 and 19H1/1903, I used Rufus to create the installation USB. The USB I'm using has a capacity of 8 GB, but when I ran a Rufus bad block test on the USB, it said that two blocks were corrupted. After I found out that, I reformatted it completely, not a quick-format. When I was able to get the installer to run, the installer wouldn't detect the eMMC drive, but it said that I could use/install a driver from a USB, but I wouldn't know the process of that. It should also be noted that the eMMC drive is partitioned with two "bootable" operating systems on it, Chrome OS Flex (boots) and Linpus lite (doesn't boot). The laptop has a 64gb eMMC drive, 4gb of ram, and a touchless display (special custimizations of this laptop).
I'm mostly currious what my best next steps should be to install Windows 10 on the laptop. If you have any questions about specifics, I'll happily clarify the situation.
Lenevo 14w Product Page: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-14w/88el10s9990
Lenevo 14w Spec List: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Lenovo/Lenovo_14w/Lenovo_14w_Spec.PDF
P.S. It should also be noted that I'm not a 100% tech-savvy, but I do know a good amount about computers.
In the process of reinstalling Windows 10 on the laptop, I figured out that the installer likely can't detect eMMC storage and the trackpad didn't work. I have tested three versions of Windows 10. I have tested 22H2 (BSOD), 1507 (Doesn't detect eMMC drive), and 19H1/1903 (Doesn't detect eMMC/drive). I tested 22H2 multiple times, I used the Windows 10 media creator to create a installation USB, and I used Rufus to also create a installation USB. For 1507 and 19H1/1903, I used Rufus to create the installation USB. The USB I'm using has a capacity of 8 GB, but when I ran a Rufus bad block test on the USB, it said that two blocks were corrupted. After I found out that, I reformatted it completely, not a quick-format. When I was able to get the installer to run, the installer wouldn't detect the eMMC drive, but it said that I could use/install a driver from a USB, but I wouldn't know the process of that. It should also be noted that the eMMC drive is partitioned with two "bootable" operating systems on it, Chrome OS Flex (boots) and Linpus lite (doesn't boot). The laptop has a 64gb eMMC drive, 4gb of ram, and a touchless display (special custimizations of this laptop).
I'm mostly currious what my best next steps should be to install Windows 10 on the laptop. If you have any questions about specifics, I'll happily clarify the situation.
Lenevo 14w Product Page: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-14w/88el10s9990
Lenevo 14w Spec List: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Lenovo/Lenovo_14w/Lenovo_14w_Spec.PDF
P.S. It should also be noted that I'm not a 100% tech-savvy, but I do know a good amount about computers.
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