Unable to save because of insufficient hard drive space.
Unable to save because of insufficient hard drive space.
Hey everyone, I’m dealing with a new college laptop that keeps trying to install Windows 10 updates but always fails. It seems almost nothing is installed—just Microsoft Office, VLC, WinRAR, f.lux and Ccleaner. The update warns it needs at least 8GB of space, but my 30GB SSD only has around 500MB free. I’m getting frustrated by the constant reminders about needing more storage. Can anyone help me figure out how to proceed or disable those notifications?
Clear unused storage, restart or turn off automatic updates (not recommended)
I’m uncertain if there’s free software available for this task. Given its minimal size, it might be better to reinstall periodically, allowing resizing opportunities. The operating system partition is around 30GB, which isn’t sufficient; I plan to reserve at least 50GB for the OS.
So what exactly are you after? It seems like this isn't a technical issue because the hardware is already at its limit. No matter how you try to solve it, you'll run into the same problem again. You might need a bigger drive or turn off updates, but with just 500MB free, it's unlikely you'll be able to use the machine either way.
Few ways to tackle this, all very technical. One way, plug in an USB/storage (or mount an online storage even using rclone (very risky)), make a symbolic link of the folder where the update files are stored onto the 2ndary storage and you will have enough space to complete the upgrade. Extract the update files and install all the .cab packages RAW one by one ... 1. Expand 2. dir /b <update_dir_with_mum_files_inside>\*.mum >z:\1.txt 3. Run the script as Administrator Add-Package.cmd Code: @echo off pushd "%~dp0" set MT=Online set FD=<update_dir_with_mum_files_inside> for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . z:\1.txt 2^>nul') do dism /norestart /%MT% /add-package:%FD%\%%i pause exit Remind you, this is a T E R R I B L E idea and really you need to seek professional help asap as possible if you are somehow contemplating doing this...
Hi, it seems a bigger drive would be preferable. However, if you still wish to retain the 30G HDD, you might need to move data from your OS partition. Also, verify that both system reserved partitions and OS partitions have sufficient space for Windows updates.