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ZZenith

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3. Your laptop only comes with 32gb of "hard disc" space

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 11, 2019, 03:19 PM

Apr 2019

which is really low in this day and age. The operating system alone will eat up nearly half of that.

You will want to buy an external USB hard drive, preferably 3.0 but 2.0 will work (you have two USB 3.0 ports and one 2.0 ports) and preferably 1tb or larger. You’ll plug the external HD into one of the USB ports and then keep ALL of your data on that disc. Direct all your internet downloads to a folder on that disc, all your music, photos, everything but computer programs will go on the new external.

Hope that helps.

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Hard drive advice for a dummy? [View all] Grasswire2 Apr 2019 OP

How big (or small?) is the local hard drive? mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #1

4.00 GB installed RAM Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #2

Your laptop only comes with 32gb of "hard disc" space ZZenith Apr 2019 #3

WAAAAH? A 32GB HD? I find that hard to believe ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #6

From Laptop magazine's review of the thing ZZenith Apr 2019 #7

Gahhh ... this is bad news for our friend Grasswire ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #8

That would be my humble advice to Grasswire2 ZZenith Apr 2019 #9

Ah ... so you're maybe actually talking about the Memory (aka RAM), not the storage space here ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #4

windows 10 Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #12

And I don't think you can swap the internal hard drive on a Stream. ZZenith Apr 2019 #5

Your hard drivs capacity and your installed memory are seperate issues. CentralMass Apr 2019 #10

All in all, though - still better than keyboard issues! ZZenith Apr 2019 #11

You can get a 256 gb Samsung EVO SD card for 40 bucks ucrdem Apr 2019 #13

0. Hard drive advice for a dummy? marcus77 May 2019 #14