The eternal problem in the case of mobile devices or computer that keeps users awake at night is the eternal lack of space on smartphones. Unfortunately, despite more and more modern technologies, the internal disk capacity of the phone/computer is not always sufficient. In addition, when the programs installed on our phone/computer can take up several hundred megabytes, and games easily exceed the gigabyte limit, there may be a problem with space not only for photos, videos and files.
If you are running out of storage space on your device's internal memory, the above methods should help us solve this problem. It is worth thinking about a good and fast memory card in advance in the case of your devices storage space is running out.
We can install applications from the very beginning on the SD card, thanks to which we will postpone problems with internal memory for a long time or get rid of this problem completely. In addition, remember that we most often clog the phone's memory with multimedia files and games that take up a lot of space, so it is worth selecting from the very beginning in the options that these files immediately land on an external memory card.
Before Make SD Card Default Storage
A large number of people want to expand the storage space on their phones and computers by using an SD card. It is possible to do that. However, before showing how to make SD card default storage on Android and Windows 10, please learn about the benefits you will get and the challenges you will face.
Advantages of Making SD Card Default Storage
Expand storage
In terms of phones, there are plenty of apps to be installed and massive videos and songs to be downloaded, which swallows the phone internal storage. Buying a new phone with large internal storage is a solution, but a large internal space means a high price.
In terms of laptops, those with small eMMC or SSD will end up with low memory warnings within a few months. These drives are marked as 32GB or 64GB, but the available space is 2-4GB less than these specified numbers.
Plus, the 32 or 64GB storage space will be split for other indispensable things:
OS installation: it will take up 2-6 GB of space based on the OS version and build. Go here to learn about Windows 10 size.
Windows update file: it will swallow another 6-12GB space.
Windows Recovery Partition: it will consume another 4-6GB space for system recovery files.
Save money
Buying an SD card with a large capacity would be much cheaper than buying a new phone or a new hard drive.
Require little power
Adding an SD card to your phone will not waste a lot of power as the SD card only requires very little power.
Disadvantages of Making SD Card Default Storage
Apps are inaccessible after removing the SD card
Some SD cards allow you to install apps on them, whereas you will find that all the apps disappear when you remove the SD card from the phone. Furthermore, the next time you insert the SD card into the phone, you might find that some apps are no longer accessible.
Not good performance
SD cards are slower in reading and writing than the phone internal memory and PC hard drive, which is especially if you transfer some apps to a low-quality SD card — loading times, refresh rates, and sync speeds would decrease greatly.
Running modern Android games is also not a good idea, although it is the best A1 Class 10 SD card, because it won’t perform enough fast for these games.
Note: If the SD card you inserted into your Android phone does not perform well, your phone might prevent the SD card from being used as internal storage.
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Limited read-write cycles
SD cards use flash memory that has a limited number of read-write cycles. In other words, SD cards will degrade gradually and fail finally.
Remember, unlike HDDs, there might not be any signs for SD card failure. So, back up files in regular in case SD card failure is on the way.
How to Make SD Card Default Storage?
Make SD Card Default Storage on Android
Before making your SD card default storage on your Android phone, you should back up the SD card first if there are important files on the SD card. This due to the following operations will format and wipe the SD card.
Step 1: Connect your SD card to your computer by using an SD card reader if there is no SD card slot on your computer.
Step 2: Click the above button to download MiniTool Partition Wizard. After downloading, follow the on-screen instructions to install the program.
Finally, launch it to access its main interface.
Step 3:Start to back up your SD card.
Click theCopy Partition Wizardfeature from the left panel.
Click theNextbutton to continue.
Select your SD card from the disk list and then click theNextbutton. Then, choose an unallocated space then click Next.
Edit the partition and then click the Finish button.
Click theApplybutton on the main interface. The software begins to back up files from your SD card to the target partition.
After backing up the data on your SD card, you can move to make your SD card default storage on your phone.
The following tutorial shows you how to make SD card default storage on Android.
Step 1: Insert your SD card into the SD card slot on the Android phone and wait for several seconds.
Step 2: Go to Settings and Storage in order. You will see the name of your SD card.
Tap it.
Step 3: Tap the three vertical dots on the top right side of the phone screen and then tap Storage Settings.
Step 4:Format the SD card as internal.
Step 5: You will receive a notification saying “your SD card is slow”. Then, tap OK to continue.
Step 6: Determine whether to move data from your phone to the SD card now or later.
Step 7: Follow the on-screen instructions to complete this task.
That’s all. The default storage of your phone will be your SD card. Things like photos, videos, and downloads will directly go to the storage device.
Note: Once you set the SD card as default storage, the data on the storage device will be unreadable by any other devices as this card has been encrypted to its host device. Moreover, do not remove the SD card without using the Eject option.
Make SD Card Default Storage on Windows 10
There are several steps to make SD card default storage on Windows 10. Scroll down to get the detailed tutorial.
Step 1: Connect your SD card to your computer via the SD card slot or an SD card reader.
Step 2: Format the SD card to NTFS if it has been formatted to other files systems like FAT32 or exFAT (Here are the differences among the three file systems).
You can check the file system of the SD card and format it to NTFS via Disk Management or MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Final Words
If you ever want to remove the memory card, transfer data, or use it in another phone, you need to first reset the internal storage as the default memory on your phone.
Have you had problems with any of the steps above regarding how to make sd card default storage? Do you have anything to add to the article? Let us know in the comments section.
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