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hi, i have got an asus trasformer T200 with an emmc of 32Gb. new upgrade of win10 is impossible because memory is insufficient. i would like to replace this memory with a emmc of 128Gb. do you know what is the socket name? amperage? voltage? power? in this video emmc is removed in a samsung note2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXqoLGD… this is possible in the T200 ? what is a compatible emmc memory of 128Gb?
Unfortunately, the emmc is soldered to the mainboard of the device, so there’s no way to upgrade it. It might be possible to get windows 10 on there, but the 32gb of storage is a serious restriction to it. There are some people that get it done, but really is only recommended for the 64gb models.
You dont need to upgrade the drive if you have a spare usb connect an external drive but dont format Win 10 has a built in Disk Management tool the new drive must have no partition on it if it has then you need to right click it and delete the volume first right click on the new drive and delete volume now right click on the system partition( in most cases the c:drive) choose extend volume from the menu, click next on this window click on the new drive and add at this point you can choose to add the whole drive or part of it if you choose only a part of it say 500Mb of a 1 Tb drive you can format the rest into a seperate backup drive afterwards with its own drive letter follow the prompts and you should have a larger system drive to handle any upgrade this is reversable afterwards if you dont want the drive always attached. alternatively in the settings, system, storage area it is posible to have all programs and apps loaded to another drive instead of your sytem drive. there are several areas here you can alter from loadnig new apps, documents, music, pictures and videos all can be set to goto another drive by default. which in turn will keep your system drive small especially if you only have a small 32GB eMMC system drive Tim
I inserted a ntfs formatted sd card and used diskpart to attach it as a folder under c:/ Then I booted from some bootable usb stick and renamed two folders: the original program files folder (that you cannot rename with the OS running) I named Donald. The attached folder (physically it’s the sd card) I named program files. Moved the contents from Donald’s small memory there. Sent Donald to the trash, emptied bin. Rebooted normally - t‘works! Second measure: The sd card can still be seen as Volume D:/ in the explorer. I went to the system generated my documents, my pictures, my movies etc folders and opened properties each time. Surprisingly, here you’ll find a tab where you can read AND SET the physical storage location. I sat them each to a folder I newly prepared under D:/. With programs and documents gone, the OS is alone at home on the emmc and is running. NB: Docs are visible to every user now!
I have the Acer R3-131T with the 32gb eMMc disc soldered to the board. As has been said unless you have specialised micro desoldering/soldering tools it cant be replaced upgraded, it will NOT be cost efective!! I had the same issue with a couple of other devices when windows 10 first came out. In fact win10 “will not install to a 32gb drive under any circumstances” no matter which of the native options it provides that you might choose when upgrading OS! (Microsoft had already all but stated in a press release that they didnt want their new OS running on small drives that would not run their OS profficiently and therefore making users critical of its performance). The most cost effective work around is the one that Tim Cull posted. I have bought very cheap 8gb nano usb flash drives/micro sdcards and used the disc management tool to include these flash drives as “internal” storage to extend the size of the eMMc for all my 32gb devices including cheap tablets with micro sdcard slots and done fresh installs from a separate usb stick containing the latest mounted ISO of windows 10. There are videos of how to use disc management tool to extend internal storage easily. Once you have done this although your device can boot up without the nano inserted, all that you will have to remember to do is to ensure the nano usb drive IS in its port each time you boot up your device. Essentially the nano usb drive WILL always occupy one of your usb ports on your device and be recognised as part of internal storage. All my originally 32gb, nano usb extended devices are running perfectly fast and automatically update windows 10 without problems.
Well, I’m 2 years late to the June 2016 Discussion Party here; but for others such as myself who like Angelo, the OP, are looking for similar answers on upgrading their eMMC, SATA, or HDD internal Memory Storage on their older and/or cheaper equipment; I found these 2 very informative and easily understandable articles in Laptop Magazine. Enjoy! “How to Tell If You Can Upgrade Your Laptop”: Dec. 2015: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/lapto… “Why You Should Really Buy a Laptop With an SSD”:July 2016: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ssds-…
I know this is an old thread but I managed to upgrade the 32Gb chip on the Asus TF100 Transformer to 128Gb. I am happy with the win 8.1 as I don’t use it for much more than invoicing/databasing parts orders. The real issue for you is whether or not the processor is supported by win 10.
