The 30GB SSD on Drive C: of my Linx 1010B tablet is filling-up fast with W10 updates. At the moment there just short of 3Gb free on the C: drive.

I have been looking for ways to increase permanent storage space. I've done the usual of disk clean-up, removing infrequently used apps but am loath to compress the data on the drive.

I suspect that the on-board SSD is non-removable i.e. soldered-in and anyway, the tablet is still under warranty, so there's no upgrade path there.

So, I have been looking at ways to use the 64Gb SD card I have installed and set-up as drive F:

I tried moving the Microsoft One Drive app, which occupies quite a bit of space, from the C: to the SD Card on F:. But that suffered intermittment presence/detectablility problems for the SD card. This was only resolved by uninstalling the SD drivers and re-installing them again.

Similarly, I attempted to establish a 40 GB virtual drive on the SD Card, but that was unstable and was only intermittmently detectable.

I'm getting to the point now where the machine may be banjaxxed by the volume of windows updates unless I find extra storage somewhere, other than the C: drive, to store the majority of the apps i.e. Office (Mobile), Skype, Google earth, Radio Player, VCDS.

Is there any way to:-

1). Streamline and reduce the size of W10 and W10 updates which seem to occupy about 15 GB at the moment.

2). Make the Drive (F:) on the SD card Stable, so that it is always detectable.

(Problem 2 is mentioned on the web, but I haven't found a permanent solution, only repeatedly uninstalling and re-installing the drivers for the SD card.)

Additionally, I should have said that the option (In a drop-down list box in Settings, storage) to change the drive on which apps are stored, is greyed-out and set to C:

Cheers.

Nick

Edited 18 September, 20169 yr by Clunkclick

Installing apps on sd cards isn't recommended.

You also need to have a class 10 card. What class & brand do you have?

with the latest anniversary update you can alter the settings in Storage and set the destination to any available drive.

Installing apps on sd cards isn't recommended.

You also need to have a class 10 card. What class & brand do you have?

San Disk 64GB imaging Micro SDxs Class 10

N

Just checked the on-tablet Windows update record and have found that an attempt was made to automatically update my system with the "Anniversary update" (KB3176492) on 25th August, but this failed ! And no further attempt has been made.

 

I'll have to check what the error code was.

 

Apparently, I'm not alone as there is thread in the Microsoft Community Forums.

 

Is there a way of getting individual updates to download at user request ?

 

I think i'd rather​ wait for the update to come through, than go down the "Clean install" download route.
 

 

Nick

 

 

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Alternatively, I've read that there is a slick way of getting round this by getting the SD card to mount as drive C: Then all you would have to do is do a fresh install of Windows 10 to the new C: drive, ideally using a download of the anniversary edition (Or later).

Anybody have experience of doing this ? is it feasible.

Nick

Not sure about Win10, but with previous versions, once the update was installed, you could delete the update files - except M$ never bothered, so you could end up with 10GB* of useless files. Can you install and use CCleaner?? (Free from Piriform); that has an option to remove old install and M$ HotFix files.

 

There is no inherent reason you cannot have active programs on the removable memory, I have done it with Android in the past, but it can cause issues if you ever take the card out and add/delete a file using another system, even if you dont alter the program or its folder.

 

These days I have the camera set to save directly to the card, and store all data files, music and video there, leaving the built in storage for programs.

 

* Or more; a couple of years ago I deleted nearly 16GB of M$ Hotfix files from a friends ancient PC - out of a HDD of 20GB!! It was still running its original DELL factory install of WinXP.

I used CC Cleaner and it recovered about a gig's worth of space on the tab.

 

I'm a bit cautious about using it on "Old files" 'cause previously, in deleting a "Windows Old" folder that had been left on the disk by the manufacturers/distributors I managed to break the boot link between the UEFI and the MBR.

 

Nick

It is Microsoft all over. Wthout being facetious, the "Bleeding obvious" is not recommended, despite everybody else  including the prime competitor Android doing it with ease.

 

For myself, once that SD card's stuffed in its slot in the tablet, it ain't going to move.

 

 

Nick.

It appears that all roads lead to Windows 7, as regard individual updating:-

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/323166

 

What a balls-up​ !

 

But not to worry, the really essential stuff, like the colour of the Start Menu icons changes automatically, whether I want it to or not - truly an analogue for the modern consumer economy.

 

 

Nick​

 

 

 

 

 

I used CC Cleaner and it recovered about a gig's worth of space on the tab.

 

I'm a bit cautious about using it on "Old files" 'cause previously, in deleting a "Windows Old" folder that had been left on the disk by the manufacturers/distributors I managed to break the boot link between the UEFI and the MBR.

 

Nick

 

The people behind CCleaner have a lot of experience with safely removing junk, I am sure if you have the latest version and it says the Hotfix files are safe to delete, they will be safe to delete. If there is ANY doubt, there is usually a pop-up warning, and it always asks if you want to make a back-up - just in case.

 

I have been using it for many years, and never had to reinstate a file it had cleaned.

Yippee. Cracked it.

 

The  " Save apps to C:"  list box in Settings, Storage is no longer greyed out and I changed it to the SD card on D:

 

To get there, I had to do a wipe and fresh install using this:-

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-anniversary-update-for-linx-1010b/148fe5ff-c44c-42a9-8bd8-b8c46ba5ff73?auth=1

 

I've ended-up with Windows 10 Home version 14393, with no subsequent failed updates and 12 GB free on the 30GB capacity C Drive.

 

It appears to have been an issue relating to the order in which updates were applied that was causing some of  them to fail and it further seems that the Disc image on a USB pen drive, which had been supplied to me by Linx when I had problems earlier, was at the root of the problem - it installed version 10240, but wouldn't let the Anniversary Update and other updates install.

 

The whole installation is now much quicker.

 

Well worth 8 hours of trial and error, although its put a bit of a dent in my monthly internet usuage allowance.

 

 

Nick

Edited 20 September, 20169 yr by Clunkclick

7 hours on and it still works, though there seems to have been a slight problem with the third party anti-virus install.

 

 

Nick