Windows 10 Upgrade an ASUS Laptop (32G storage)

Hi Stephen,

The instructions that I supplied should have worked, perhaps I should have been more clear as to the exact intricacies of the procedure. I'll post them here again with some additions and bold print to highlight the most important parts to achieve success. I hope that this helps;

1. Visit the Microsoft site and go to Download Windows 10 page.
2. Use the Media Creation tool to download the latest version of Windows 10.
3. Choose not to upgrade now but rather download the ISO file to use to perform the upgrade later (be sure to select the correct Edition and architecture (32bit or 64bit) for your device. (To do this, follow the instructions for Creating media to install on a different PC).
4. Save the ISO to the SD card (or USB stick) (formatted in NTFS, you must reformat the SD card or the USB drive that you will be using to the NTSF format before beginning the download) (a 32GB or above quality brand name SD card or USB drive is recommended).
5. Once the ISO file download is completed to the SD card (or USB drive) go to the resulting SD/USB folder and right click on the ISO file.
6. Then, using a free program (for example WinRAR - www.rarlab.com - or 7zip - www.7-zip.org/) extract all         

    contents of the ISO file to a new folder in the same SD card/USB drive.

7. Then, open the resultant new folder and right click on the setup.exe file and select the "run as administrator" option.
8. Then, choose the Upgrade Now option, the program will then proceed to upgrade (feature update) the installation of Windows 10 in your computer. When prompted, choose to keep your apps and files if/as that is your choice.
9. When the installation program asks for more space, choose once again the SD card/USB stick. (In some     

    cases you may have to click on "Fix Issues", if presented, to be given the choice).

This has worked for thousands of people that are using devises with tiny and/or space restricted SSD's.

If your still having problems after using this exact procedure, let us know, and include as much detailed information as you can concerning, we'll be glad to continue to help you further in resolving the issue.

Good Luck!

-Richard

Thanks for the tutorial.  I'm going to try this on my Win 10 tablet.

But c'mon Microsoft.  Is it really that difficult to add an option to download windows updates to a drive  (USB drive, SD card, etc.) other than the system drive??

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).

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?

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