Windows 10 Upgrade an ASUS Laptop (32G storage)

Hi,

To add to my last reply.

I've put this together based on the reports of success of some others that have found themselves in this situation.

The full procedure is shown below, I hope that this helps, and Good Luck!

For devices, such as tablets with very limited main drive space (32GB, 16GB, etc.) having problems installing Win 10 Feature Updates or the Win10 OS, the below method has been reported to be successful, in many cases:

In all cases you should start with inserting your SD card (or USB stick) in the computer and have it formatted in NTFS format. Also assign it with a letter so that you recognize it as a drive (for example assign the letter O and name it "Win 10 ISO").

(Note: If you are planning to create an installation media with the USB, the USB will be reformatted in FAT format and you will not be able to use it for extra space during the upgrade process if/when your hard drive has limited capacity.)

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 an ISO to upgrade later (be sure to select the correct Edition and architecture (32bit     or 64bit) for your device.
4. Save the ISO to the SD card (or USB stick) (formatted in NTFS) (a 32GB or above is recommended).
5. Once the download is completed go to the SD/USB folder and right click the ISO file.
6. 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 folder in the SD/USB.

7. Open that folder and right click the setup.exe file using the "run as administrator" option.
8. The program will reinstall Windows 10 in your computer and when prompted choose to keep your apps and files.
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).

At the end of the process you will have the latest Windows 10 edition installed.

An Important Note: You should have the device connected to the charger through the entire process, so, if your tablet (or other device) has only one USB port then you will want/need to use the SD card method.

Credit:

ThanosGR on MS community for coming up with this method.

-Richard

Hi Richard, 

I figured out that with these ASUS systems it automatically diverts you from the ISO page to the normal Windows download page - and so removes the options you then go on to suggest. I think this is the main reason why people have had difficulties following this.

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Dan

We have the same laptop and are experiencing the exact same issue.

Yes, you are correct, that is the way that it is supposed to work, and most often does. However, some devices have been having a problem with the twice yearly Feature Updates (upgrade installs of the new version). If a device has only one USB port, and that is also how it charges, then the SD card (or a special USB hub that can charge the device and also transfer data from the additional ports) is the only other option, that is were the problems come in, on some device configurations. This problem has been popping up with each of the last Feature updates, on some devices.

-Richard

Like I said in an earlier comment post...

You do not need the auto-update for Windows 10 as this seems to be causing the majority of issues.

Just grab yourself a Flashdrive and connect it to a USB outlet, go into your Control Panel, select Windows Updates, search for updates and when it finds them you will have access to your Flashdrive to install the new updates.

You don't need to remove any software!

Job done!

Richard,

thnx for the offer, but after the sixth or seventh attempt I finally managed.

It is necessary to remove all programs, including antivirus, browser, asus-specific software, really everything  and then it works.

After the installation of the update, install all programs again. Takes quite some time.

Now lets hope that future microsoft updates are available in small sizes and can be installed automatically without the tedious proces of first having to uninstall things like browser, antivir, wordprocessing, whatever.

Thanx again for all your info, 

Regards

John