VN7-791G - 60GB SSD

Hi There

New to the Acer forum so hi to everyone.

I have upgraded my old Laptop to a VN7-791G which came with a 60GB SSD and 1TB "spare"

Given the OS is installed on the SSD along with the recovery partition I assume and the ever increasing OS size, I fear it will very quickly run out of healthy space. I have only just set the Laptop up, only software I have installed is the Windows Updates, AV and MS Office 2013 and there is only 20GB left

Can anyone advise on Acers take of the SSD may be a tad shy of space given the increasing size of an OS?

Also, anyone any advice on preserving the SSD space appart from installing all apps on a partion on the 1TB drive

Thanks in advance

Clansman007

Accepted answers

-Justin

Clansman007,

I very much doubt that the Acer repair center in your area would do that sort of thing, I know that we do not here in the US. If the customer wants to put a larger SSD in their unit it is on them to do so, or they can take it to a local technician to do it, but Acer would not support the upgraded SSD as if did not ship with it. You can check, but I just want to make sure your expectations are set. Smiley Wink

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Clansman007

Hi All

The Laptop comes with a 60GB SSD which has the OS installed. It also has a 2nd 1TB drive.

As the OS grows and the free space declines, does the laptop manage the space - as in utilise the 1TB secondary drive for storing files to preserve the OS space.

I assume the best method is to leave the SSD for OS requirements and store any data on the 2nd drive

Any thoughts anyone

Thanks

-Justin

Clansman007,

Yes, definitely save information on the hard drive and not the SSD, if possible.

Clansman007

Thanks much for your response - much appreciated!!!

Wonder if you have any advice regarding getting a bigger drive installed by an Acer rep in Scotland - I could do it myself but I want to maintain the warranty as - in my opinion - it aint a cheap laptop

My concern is that when I install apps and the OS expands that I run out of space

With nothing installed apart from office, any games and data are on the slave drive it is down to 20GB which aint that much if I want to utilise the SSD

Thanks

-Justin

Clansman007,

I very much doubt that the Acer repair center in your area would do that sort of thing, I know that we do not here in the US. If the customer wants to put a larger SSD in their unit it is on them to do so, or they can take it to a local technician to do it, but Acer would not support the upgraded SSD as if did not ship with it. You can check, but I just want to make sure your expectations are set. Smiley Wink