I just picked up an inexpensive HP laptop for my wife that apparently uses an "eMMC" module for storage instead of an SSD. The module is too small for meaningful storage without everything going in the "cloud", so I ordered one much larger in capacity to put it.

Since these modules are sold as memory for "Orange Pi" computers, how does one go about transferring all of the data from the smaller to the larger one? I have a drive toaster for physical HDDs and SSDDs, but not sure what to do with this one. Thanks!

You're mixing technologies.

If it's truly eMMC, it's soldered on.
If it's PCIE/NVME m.2, it's a SSD drive with a different type of connector than you are used to.

Could be either, but probably the latter, which is much easier to deal with. USB>NVME adapters are similar to the USB>SATA 'drive toaster' you are referring to. Use your clone program of choice.
If it's the former, send it back & buy something that will work for you. It will be more trouble than it's worth to get it to boot from another drive, if it even has the connectors or space.
Raspberry/Orange Pi devices boot from a SD card.

Thanks! This is new tech for me...

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Originally posted by bronicabill:
Thanks! This is new tech for me...

If it truly only has eMMC & SD card for storage, you are probably better off returning & getting what you want. You're going to spend $50-100 + your time, minimum, to upgrade. That $$ would be better spent on a higher-performance machine.

Model#? I'll look it up & tell you what you need or what I think you should do.
Typing this from a 12YO Dell Business class laptop permanently docked because the MB won't charge a battery..... It's still probably faster than what you

Where are the files presently stored?

How were you planning to move them to this inexpensive laptop?

The cloud has a silver lining. Your files are yours and are there for any physical machine. I wouldn't be concerned about the cloud.

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Originally posted by snidera:

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Originally posted by bronicabill:
Thanks! This is new tech for me...

If it truly only has eMMC & SD card for storage, you are probably better off returning & getting what you want. You're going to spend $50-100 + your time, minimum, to upgrade. That $$ would be better spent on a higher-performance machine.

Model#? I'll look it up & tell you what you need or what I think you should do.
Typing this from a 12YO Dell Business class laptop permanently docked because the MB won't charge a battery..... It's still probably faster than what you

Considering the way my wife uses and abuses laptops, I assure you, this one is all I'm willing to buy for her anymore, and it's more than fast enough based on my use of it so far! I was just looking for more on-board storage so that I could install a real copy of Windoze Office and not rely on an overpriced (for her rare use) subscription to 365.

I did just lookup and download the service manual on it so I should have everything I need for now, plus I just found a number of videos online that will walk me through the rest of what I need to know. Thanks!!!

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Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
Where are the files presently stored?

How were you planning to move them to this inexpensive laptop?

The cloud has a silver lining. Your files are yours and are there for any physical machine. I wouldn't be concerned about the cloud.

I have most of her files that she needs on an external USB drive that I can access from the new laptop. She also has some files I'll want to recover from the old laptop that went belly-up a few weeks ago, but those are on a 2.5" HDD which I'll need to remove and get an interface for USB recovery of them.

For all future files I think I'll just let her store them in the cloud as she really doesn't need anything more than that anymore.

To summarize all of this, she rarely uses a laptop anymore and prefers her phone whenever possible. Her sum total of actual need on a laptop is some internet access/browsing for banking, mortgage matters, etc., MS Word and MS Excel, and that's really about it. I bought this laptop from my LGS's pawn shop for $90.00 as it looks new and works like a charm so far. I simply cannot afford any more for a computer right now, and I don't see where she needs more than this any longer... hopefully I'm not wrong about that!!!