Taken the SSD out of the N42C to put into a J50C and now...

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Bonky

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...and now the N42C reports I'm short of storage - all 26GB being used instead of 32GB. I seemed to recall having to go into BIOS to make the upgrade (ie adding the SDD) - but how does one 'downgrade'? It can't be just as simple as a reversal of the same process can it?

Help gratefully received . Please treat me as if I'm an Apple owner and thus know nothing of the bios gubbins.

Thanks,
 
Bonky said:
...and now the N42C reports I'm short of storage - all 26GB being used instead of 32GB. I seemed to recall having to go into BIOS to make the upgrade (ie adding the SDD) - but how does one 'downgrade'? It can't be just as simple as a reversal of the same process can it?

Help gratefully received . Please treat me as if I'm an Apple owner and thus know nothing of the bios gubbins.

Thanks,
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If you've removed the SSD then yes, just reverse the process, enable the onboard eMMC again & configure the eMMC as the primary boot device.

The system should then boot to the original copy of Win 10 that was pre-installed on the eMMC.

Simples :).
 
Thanks ArticWolf. -that's reassuring. I've looked for the original FAQ article on how to activate the new SSD (the instructions I need to reverse), but can't find it. Please can you help?

I need to sell the N42C. I'm very pleased with the J50C.
 
Thanks for that; I don't know why I didn't find it.
The second time I booted the PC without the SSD it loaded much faster than the first go, and then, after another reboot I went into BIOS the eMMC was already enabled - so I didn't need to do anything!

One slight issue is storage. The PC is now almost new - all apps disappeared, BUT I only have 511MB out of "29.1GB" (I know the spec is 32 GB).

I've used Windows to delete old files/caches etc but only got a few MB back. I tried to wipe everything (going into Settings/Recovery) but nothing happened - nothing to delete I suppose.

What am I doing wrong? Any advice very gratefully received.
 
Bonky said:
Thanks for that; I don't know why I didn't find it.
The second time I booted the PC without the SSD it loaded much faster than the first go, and then, after another reboot I went into BIOS the eMMC was already enabled - so I didn't need to do anything!

One slight issue is storage. The PC is now almost new - all apps disappeared, BUT I only have 511MB out of "29.1GB" (I know the spec is 32 GB).

I've used Windows to delete old files/caches etc but only got a few MB back. I tried to wipe everything (going into Settings/Recovery) but nothing happened - nothing to delete I suppose.

What am I doing wrong? Any advice very gratefully received.
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I suggest you "Reset this PC"

Settings, Update & Security, Recovery

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Select Remove everything...

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Hi, thanks; I tried "Reset this PC" - and it wouldn't.

I'll look into the Reinstall option (tbh - I didn't think you could do this), or, just sell the unit 'as is'.

Thanks again
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OK, so I have usb stick (NTFS) with the various de-ziped files and folders in the PC.

I go into BIOS, scroll to the boot option - but there's no usb stick in the list, (Windows Boot manager;IPO4 Realtek P-, IP6 realticek P and built in EFI are listed)

Help!.
 
Update: after several tries the usb stick is recognised (SanDisk -not 'Winpe').

Something is happening...I'll update later.

Later.. all now seems well after several attempts...not helped by one of the USB ports not working!

Thanks everyone.
 
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Bonky said:
Update: after several tries the usb stick is recognised (SanDisk -not 'Winpe').

Something is happening...I'll update later.

Later.. all now seems well after several attempts...not helped by one of the USB ports not working!

Thanks everyone.
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You need to rename the USB stick yourself to "WINPE"!!
 
I did; anyway it seems to work fine and I have approx another 10GB.

Shame about one apparently defunct USB port. I've deleted the driver and re-booted thus forcing Windows to reload the drivers -but on re-boot it's still the same.

Thanks for all your help.
 
Bonky said:
I did; anyway it seems to work fine and I have approx another 10GB.

Shame about one apparently defunct USB port. I've deleted the driver and re-booted thus forcing Windows to reload the drivers -but on re-boot it's still the same.

Thanks for all your help.
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Well done :).
 
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