I'm in the doghouse - HD too small

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m-gregory2

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Hi all,
I bought my daughter an ASUS ROG GL502VS-DS71 for college and now am finding out the SSD (C drive) is too small. The C: drive is a 128GB ASUS M.2 MSATA SSD. Is it possible that I can change it out to a .5T or larger drive? If so, can someone recommend a make & model (web link)? She's already started loading it up with software at school so how do I get all the software off the old drive, including windows, onto the new drive without loosing anything. I'll be honest ... computers for me have been "buy & use" so it makes me a bit nervous to attempt this. Any advice and help would be appreciated.
 
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Tell her to drag some crap to the hard drive, it comes with both a 128G SSD and a 1 TB HDD :P
 
Beers,
I already told her to do that. She said it's all school software that never gave here the option of where to install it (C: or D: ) and it won't allow her to move it??? She doesn't have anything other than school programs on it. When C: (ssd) fills up, will it automatically start filling up D: or give her issues saying not enough room (on C: ssd)? Thanks for the help.
 
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If she has loaded up the SSD its going to make the whole system slow. She can put programs anyplace she likes, you just have to tell the computer where you want it.

To answer your question though, yes you can swap out the SSD.. but then you need to install windows..all the programs again..etc etc.. much easier to use the 1TB data drive for bulk of things and keep SSD with the O/S and core programs.
 
All you have to do is clone the M.2 to an external HDD and then install a bigger M.2 and clone back. I use AOMEI Backuper with the USB option. So once the new M.2 is in the computer just boot the AOMEI USB stick and then right away plug in your external HDD that contains the clone and clone back to the larger M.2.

All programs should give you the option as to where you install it to. If she has to, uninstall the software and reinstall on the larger drive. You should only use the M.2 for stuff you need speed for.
 
She also needs to learn how to manage hard drive space better. I have a 128gb ssd for my c:, and also a 1tb hard drive. My 1 tb hold all my pictures, video's, music and data. The ssd holds the programs that I use. My ssd uses 53gb with 65.4 free. Just a thought.
 
m-gregory2 said:
Hi all,
I bought my daughter an ASUS ROG GL502VS-DS71 for college and now am finding out the SSD (C drive) is too small. The C: drive is a 128GB ASUS M.2 MSATA SSD. Is it possible that I can change it out to a .5T or larger drive? If so, can someone recommend a make & model (web link)? She's already started loading it up with software at school so how do I get all the software off the old drive, including windows, onto the new drive without loosing anything. I'll be honest ... computers for me have been "buy & use" so it makes me a bit nervous to attempt this. Any advice and help would be appreciated.
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Whilst I agree with the advice given here you do have to know what you are doing. The OP has said that he is nervous about doing the things you suggest. Until SSDs become cheap enough and reliable enough to install large drives then buyers should be given the option to have either a SSD or a conventional hard drive that does "just let you do it." In all honesty even though your daughter has put all her school programs on to the computer I would take it back and tell them you want something that will work out of the box without any faffing around. If you follow some of the advice given here you are going to have reinstall everything anyway or someone is.
 
Seems to me that the machine does work out of the box.. its the end user that caused the issue.. and when I say 'issue' its not even that really. You could uninstall the couple school progs, and pop em into the D drive.. no format needed and hardly a difficult task to do..even for a novice.. drag and drop.. click uninstall.. not rocket science.

Taking the machine back seems way too much hassle to me when you could fix the issue at home in a matter of an hour..
 
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