Can I add a larger hard drive to an Aspire 1-131?

jnhornick
jnhornick Member Posts: 3 New User
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I am looking to add hard drive space or even a larger hard drive but not sure if it is possible.

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  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
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    if you mean Cloudbook 1-131 (AO1-131), you can't; the actual SSD is soldered to motherboad.

     

    I'm not an Acer employee.

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  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
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    if you mean Cloudbook 1-131 (AO1-131), you can't; the actual SSD is soldered to motherboad.

     

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • jnhornick
    jnhornick Member Posts: 3 New User

    Btw - do you have an suggestions on a cheap acer.  I'm just using it when I travel; but definitely need more than 32gb of memory.  Windows itself basically fills that.

    Thanks for your suggestion.

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    i think near all the cheap laptops have the soldered 32GB eMMC, so it's not easy to find one with additional storage.

    you need to spend at least 300$

     

    by the way, you can try a "workaround" first, buy a big and fast SDXC card and use it as additional storage:

    http://www.howtogeek.com/234998/how-to-install-apps-to-an-sd-card-or-another-drive-on-windows-10/

     

    i suggest you to go to an electronic shop and ask about a good SDXC but ask one with a shorter profile or it will rest out of your laptop side for about  0.4 inch

     

    just remember to format it as NTFS, right click the SDXC icon on My computer and choose format, then select NTFS.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • jnhornick
    jnhornick Member Posts: 3 New User

    Thanks for the details!  I'll give it a try!

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    You welcome.

    I'm not an Acer employee.

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