Windows 10 Upgrade an ASUS Laptop (32G storage)

Ok John, very good!

Yes, 3rd party anti-virus applications can cause problems with Windows 10 updates, particularly Feature Updates (Feature Updates are basically an upgrade type of installation of a new operating system, pretty much just like, for example, upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, these are quite large). Here is a link that may be of interest to you;

https://www.askvg.com/guide-things-to-do-after-installing-feature-update-in-windows-10/

The next Feature Update hopefully will/may be better able to handle installation onto the small main drive devices.

I was interested to see your disk management to see if there is an OEM recovery partition present that could be eliminated to increase the available space, as well as some other things. If not, the next step would have been to do what you did or to perform a clean install of Windows 10 version 1709.

Good Job John, I'm glad that you got it figured out for your device.

-Richard

Hi,

If you can post a snapshot of your Disk Management window for us to take a look at that could be helpful.

Right-click on the start button and select Disk Management, (it may take a few seconds for the window to populate), have the USB that you are using plugged in as well and that it is visible in the snapshot(s) also.

You can use the Windows 10 Snipping tool to take the snapshot of the window. Take a rectangular snip then give it a name and save it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027213/windows-open-snipping-tool-and-take-a-screenshot

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6102-take-screenshot-windows-10-a.html#option4

You can then include it in your next reply by using the insert image button in the header of the reply box.

We'll be waiting for your next reply.

-Richard

Hi Jo,

First of all, it's good to hear that you were able to get the Feature Update (version upgrade) to version 1709 installed on your device.

As to the rest of your query, this largely has to do with the storage controller that is present (chosen by the OEM) that is installed or present on the device. They do very from device to device, even within the same OEM. Any updates on/for such pertaining to their devices still being supported for Widows 10 new version iterations would be available on their "Software and Drivers" support site page. For example, if your device treats the SD card slot as more of a SD card reader than a storage expansion drive then attempting to use the SD card "slot" media as a memory (additional or secondary system drive space) may not be readily possible.

Do note that: Many limited disk space models that are sold by numerous manufacturers do have the option to upgrade to a larger onboard main drive for additional storage capacity, (this is not possible on all such devices). If said is indeed an option for your device then that would, perhaps, be the better way to go, check your devices OEM's support/accessories site page(s) for more info and/or availability thereof.

That being said, I would try a new fresh SD card to try to change the save options for your apps/personal files using the Settings options in Win 10 to try again now that the installation has completed. These should be self explanatory and can be found at Settings >System >Storage >Change were new content is saved. Again, this may or may not be possible do to the OEM's configuration of your device. For more info, perhaps concerning, follow the links below, these are a bit dated but they should still generally apply;

 https://www.windowscentral.com/how-manage-file-storage-windows-10

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-windows-10-apps-external-drive

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/install-apps-sd-card-windows

Hint: It might be helpful to also scroll down to the comments section of each, if/as there are at each link, those can possibly be enlightening to the cause as well.

Good Luck and let us know how it goes,

-Richard

Hi Richard 

I followed all of these steps exactly, but it didn't prompt me to use the sd card. I opted to "keep nothing", so it just wiped my storage and reinstalled on the main drive again. There's nothing on the SD card apart from the extracted ISO file so I guess I'll have to wait for more updates to see if they will save to the SD card?

I also selected to save my content to the SD but it made my machine crash and the SD drive kept disconnecting and saying there were errors, so I've had to change my settings back to saving to the Asus main drive for apps, photos etc. Do you think this is because the machine just can't handle running apps from the SD, or is it related to the formatting I did?

Yea, the upgrade assistant is supposed to work as per the Wiki article instructions but apparently it's having a problem playing nice with some device setups, storage controllers, or whatever, for whatever reason(s).

Anyway, let us know how it goes and good luck.

-Richard

(Don't forget to have the device charged and plugged into the charger during the entire process).