Idea Pad

[cmmpro1]

I have an Idea Pad that's running Win10 Pro, 4 gigs of Ram and very little storage. I bought for my daughter last year and I got it back because I get her a Chromebook. I am having an issue with trying to reset the machine. It says there was a problem and nothing changed. How can I get this hard drive cleaned without taking it to a tech?

 

[mrjimphelps]

How big is your hard drive? If it's 32 GB, you are always going to have problems with it, because 32 GB simply isn't enough space -- you have absolutely no "elbow room". If it's 64 GB, then it might work, with difficulty.

Personally, if the computer is still under warranty, I would try to get my money back because of the woefully inadequate amount of hard drive space. You can tell them that your computer technician (me) told you that. If you complain enough, maybe they will send you a useable hard drive (that is, one that is actually big enough to use). 120 GB is the minimum I would accept. That size drive will work if you don't store too much on it.

 

[cmmpro1]

How big is your hard drive? If it's 32 GB, you are always going to have problems with it, because 32 GB simply isn't enough space -- you have absolutely no "elbow room". If it's 64 GB, then it might work, with difficulty.

Personally, if the computer is still under warranty, I would try to get my money back because of the woefully inadequate amount of hard drive space. You can tell them that your computer technician (me) told you that. If you complain enough, maybe they will send you a useable hard drive (that is, one that is actually big enough to use). 120 GB is the minimum I would accept. That size drive will work if you don't store too much on it.

Yes! It has only 32 gigs of storage. I have actually set it aside. Youre right, it is way too small for anything i want to do.

 

[mrjimphelps]

I'm sorry that you got taken on that purchase. It is disgraceful that anyone would sell a computer with that small of a hard drive.