HP Stream - re format and install lighter OS?
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Now the title sounds like I know what I'm doing but don't be fooled...
I'm in the market for a new laptop/tablet for my wife and a new laptop for me, which will happen anyway, but there's a project that woke me up about 5.30 this morning,
We have an HP Stream 13 in the loft. The 32GB is filled with Windows and it's always been slower than an old man with a heavy wheelbarrow.
The are a few "how to" guides on the internet about installing Linux or Ubuntu after dumping W8/10. Is it really as easy as suggested?
It doesn't really matter if I screw it up completely as it's only in use occasionally for a tune I might want to try on guitar.
Damn thing has always been rubbish, I was conned by HPs marketting like a lot of others. Not even heavy enough to use as a boat anchor.
Anyone here actually done this and able to point a novice meddler?
Thanks
I'm in the market for a new laptop/tablet for my wife and a new laptop for me, which will happen anyway, but there's a project that woke me up about 5.30 this morning,
We have an HP Stream 13 in the loft. The 32GB is filled with Windows and it's always been slower than an old man with a heavy wheelbarrow.
The are a few "how to" guides on the internet about installing Linux or Ubuntu after dumping W8/10. Is it really as easy as suggested?
It doesn't really matter if I screw it up completely as it's only in use occasionally for a tune I might want to try on guitar.
Damn thing has always been rubbish, I was conned by HPs marketting like a lot of others. Not even heavy enough to use as a boat anchor.
Anyone here actually done this and able to point a novice meddler?
Thanks
I'd suggest https://lubuntu.net/ if you don't get on with cloudready's Chrome.
sjtgeray said:
I've used CloudReady on old HP desktops and Lenovo Laptops. Works well enough for Youtube and Browsing/Gmail etc. Only shame is you cant play DVD's on it
Tried twice to download onto a 64GB USB stick.It gets to 100% then I get a Fail Runtime Error Couldn't download
And Memory Stick is empty.
This POS is the most annoying POS I've ever had the displeasure of using....
Could try the Ubuntu but that needs 25GB and 4GB RAM to run apparently
Edited by Skyedriver on Saturday 9th November 10:39
Jinx said:
I'd suggest https://lubuntu.net/ if you don't get on with cloudready's Chrome.
Lubuntu runs reasonably well on an ancient Pentium M laptop we have, so it should run nicely on the OP's HP.Skyedriver said:
Quite ready to turn this hp POS into very small pieces but having stripped as much as I dare off it, I have a whole GB of space left on the HD.
Make up the installation USB stick on another PC. Stick it in your HP, switch it on and with any luck it will boot from the USB stick. If it doesnt you might need to find the button to tap (often escape or an Function key) to enter the boot menu or bios to enable you to choose the option to boot from USB.I'd let it reformat your drive to get rid of Windows completely. If the experiment is a failure you can always install Windows from scratch again, and it will run better than it does now. No computer will run well with only 1GB of drive space free!
How are you installing it on the HP Stream 7 tablet?
I have created the USB stick, boot from it, then it sits at the keyboard/mouse screen. It hasn’t recognised that there is a touch screen so no on screen keyboard. I also can’t plug a keyboard in because it only has 1 usb socket which has my drive in it. If I plug a usb hub in then it doesn’t recognise anything!
But catch 22...
I have created the USB stick, boot from it, then it sits at the keyboard/mouse screen. It hasn’t recognised that there is a touch screen so no on screen keyboard. I also can’t plug a keyboard in because it only has 1 usb socket which has my drive in it. If I plug a usb hub in then it doesn’t recognise anything!
But catch 22...
I picked up a cheap HP stream 14 with 32GB HDD,
With Windows 10S I have 10GB left, and for web surfing, youtube, iplayer etc... runs perfectly fine.
I'm not sure these PCs were designed to run Windows 10 Pro, hence running 10S.
Also, are you running Storage Sense? It's found under settings/system/storage and clears out files that are not needed to clear up space, including windows update files.
With Windows 10S I have 10GB left, and for web surfing, youtube, iplayer etc... runs perfectly fine.
I'm not sure these PCs were designed to run Windows 10 Pro, hence running 10S.
Also, are you running Storage Sense? It's found under settings/system/storage and clears out files that are not needed to clear up space, including windows update files.
psgcarey said:
I picked up a cheap HP stream 14 with 32GB HDD,
With Windows 10S I have 10GB left, and for web surfing, youtube, iplayer etc... runs perfectly fine.
I'm not sure these PCs were designed to run Windows 10 Pro, hence running 10S.
Also, are you running Storage Sense? It's found under settings/system/storage and clears out files that are not needed to clear up space, including windows update files.
Not heard of Storage Sense, use CCCleanerWith Windows 10S I have 10GB left, and for web surfing, youtube, iplayer etc... runs perfectly fine.
I'm not sure these PCs were designed to run Windows 10 Pro, hence running 10S.
Also, are you running Storage Sense? It's found under settings/system/storage and clears out files that are not needed to clear up space, including windows update files.
Windows 10S not heard of that, IIRC this damn thing came with W8 but updated itself but won't update anymore as there aint no room at the inn. How do I get W10S, do I need to clean W10 full fat off first?
Funny thing is, since I managed to get a little over a GB free space, my wife has been using it for family tree etc and says it's fine!
We were going to get her a new laptop or macbook , maybe for the minute we don't need to.
(Son now has as an all singing and dancing PC to do his homework....
Skyedriver said:
Not heard of Storage Sense, use CCCleaner
Windows 10S not heard of that, IIRC this damn thing came with W8 but updated itself but won't update anymore as there aint no room at the inn. How do I get W10S, do I need to clean W10 full fat off first?
Funny thing is, since I managed to get a little over a GB free space, my wife has been using it for family tree etc and says it's fine!
We were going to get her a new laptop or macbook , maybe for the minute we don't need to.
(Son now has as an all singing and dancing PC to do his homework....
Storage Sense was just an inbuilt utility that came with Windows 10 S.Windows 10S not heard of that, IIRC this damn thing came with W8 but updated itself but won't update anymore as there aint no room at the inn. How do I get W10S, do I need to clean W10 full fat off first?
Funny thing is, since I managed to get a little over a GB free space, my wife has been using it for family tree etc and says it's fine!
We were going to get her a new laptop or macbook , maybe for the minute we don't need to.
(Son now has as an all singing and dancing PC to do his homework....
Here's a link to a Microsoft FAQ about 10 S.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/w...
It's basically a cut down version of 10 Pro, so takes up less space, and has a few less features. For simple home browsing it works fine for me. This laptop came with it pre-installed with an option to upgrade to 10 Pro if wanted, although it warns it's a one-way trip. I'm guessing you would have to start from scratch, but it would give you around 10GB free space to play with.
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