[stvsxm]

hi,      so i bought one of these asus e410  things with win 10 because it was dirt cheap.    i want to get rid of the win 10 and put win 7 on it.    i normally i just format the hd , install win 7 and the drivers and be done but i can't figure out how to do this on this machine.    so thats the first question....  how do i format the hd on this macjhine... failing that  what hd does this thing even use ?   i can't find a spec for it anywhere and i have spent some serious time looking.  all the u tube video that show the things coming apart never show a hard drive.... does this thing even have one ?   i have lots of conventional lap tops but i needed something very small and light for one specific job...  thats why im into this...   thx in advance

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No hard drive in the traditional sense.  What it has is an M.2 SSD which can't be bigger than 512GB.

[RKinner]

No hard drive in the traditional sense.  What it has is an M.2 SSD which can't be bigger than 512GB.

[stvsxm]

No hard drive in the traditional sense.  What it has is an M.2 SSD which can't be bigger than 512GB.

thx  ... thats a beginning...  couple questions questions....  is that a plug in device or something soldered to the motherboard ?   can i format it and reinstall an op sys like an ordinary hard drive  .... ?   can i just buy one and replace it ?

[RKinner]

I found more info on the Asus.  Complete teardown with explanation of the parts.  The M.2 info I had was wrong.  There is just a slot for Storage expansion by adding an M.2 SSD.  The hard drive equivalent is a "storage chip" that is soldered in so can't be changed or easily replaced.

 

I assume you can erase the storage chip but not sure how it well Win 7 would work as there are probably no drivers available.  Why don't you put Classic Shell on it?  http://www.classicshell.net/  It will give it the look and feel of Win 7.

[stvsxm]

I found more info on the Asus.  Complete teardown with explanation of the parts.  The M.2 info I had was wrong.  There is just a slot for Storage expansion by adding an M.2 SSD.  The hard drive equivalent is a "storage chip" that is soldered in so can't be changed or easily replaced.

 

I assume you can erase the storage chip but not sure how it well Win 7 would work as there are probably no drivers available.  Why don't you put Classic Shell on it?  http://www.classicshell.net/  It will give it the look and feel of Win 7.

i saw that video and thats what prompted my questions...   ill try the classic shell and see what happens.   thx again.