Can I add more memory to my HP Stream 11-r010nr notebook?

"The SSD is soldered as it is eMMC. The RAM is also soldered and most of these only include 2GB of RAM. You can get 4GB, but only on the Stream 13 - which is more expensive.

The problem with these systems is it’s part of the Windows 8.1 with Bing licensing requirements - you can’t have more then 32GB of storage and 4GB of RAM - most only use 2GB of RAM to be safe with Microsoft. Technically any type of storage will work as long as the storage requirements are met. However, eMMC is popular due to cost since these are disposable devices despite OEMs being able to use a M.2 SSD (these would only take SATA M.2 drives due to the chipset, but you could use a 2242 drive like they do in some enterprise Chromebooks). Part of the problem is these were meant to compete with Chromebooks, which is why they impose such requirements, but also to sell cloud storage. The Win10 Cloudbooks compete against the same market, but with better specs.

These 8.1 with Bing notebooks remind me of the Office 2010 Starter deal that only came with low end PCs (think Celeron, with barely any RAM), which was a direct attempt to sell Office licenses to remove the restrictions. We all everybody was good and didn’t pirate the leaked Techspot installer and bought it legally like you’re supposed to. Right? Right? I hope not. /s

Due to the unique Microsoft imposed RAM and SSD caps, they’re not upgrade friendly, and are basically disposable eWaste. However, the 2GB limit HP stuck to on these was due to cost reduction AND the Microsoft requirements, since they were speccing these out with caution to avoid running afoul of the original specification limits. These 8.1 with Bing systems are dead end.Now I will give Microsoft credit here as much as this is a beatdown of how they directly generated millions of pounds of eWaste, but the original requirements are good for nothing but making eWaste, and allowed the OEMs to use 64GB before S Mode - which can be removed for free. Now the eWaste issue is on the OEMs, as many dump S Mode on low end laptops which are barely usable."

"What @nick wrote is true. Although I was able to install Windows 10 Single Language on the eMMC and move all the links to User Documents, Downloads, Desktop, Videos and Images to a 16GB SD Card as D drive. I even installed there, Office and some other applications. This way I was able to keep 4GB of free storage in the C Drive while 9GB was free in the D Drive.

Due to the disk being SSD the speed of the system is quite fast, considering the 2GB on RAM.

Hope it helps."