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
asus e410 " hard drive"
#1
Posted 13 November 2022 - 02:07 PM
#2
Posted 13 November 2022 - 04:24 PM
No hard drive in the traditional sense. What it has is an M.2 SSD which can't be bigger than 512GB.
#3
Posted 13 November 2022 - 04:31 PM
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 ?
#4
Posted 13 November 2022 - 06:36 PM
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.
#5
Posted 14 November 2022 - 12:39 AM
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.
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