Minimal installation of Windows 10 Pro on a non-upgradeable 32GB disk

Hello,
I bought a used HP Stream N3060 1.60Ghz 4GB RAM with 32GB eMMC storage. The storage is non-upgradeable because it is soldered on the board.
I have made a clean installation of Windows 10 x64 1909 (after deleting recovery partitions etc.).
After the latest update, there is only 1.5GB / 28.5GB free disk space, even after running Disk Cleanup in administrator mode, CCleaner and removing unneeded programs like Onedrive. I only have Chrome and Zoom installed. I also removed all windows apps using this powershell command

Code:

Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage

However all these steps were not enough as it seems. Any ideas (or guide) to maintain a Windows 10 installation with the lowest space possible?

Look for windows.old > delete



See this link to free up space:
Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10

There's no windows.old, and I've done pretty much all of the 32 steps, even the last one (except those that involve moving user folders etc. to a secondary drive, as I don't have one).

I could rephrase my question as follows:
What is the bare minimum but realistic space a Windows 10 Pro 1909 installation can use, and how is it done?

See if you can find files to delete using step #2.

Windows 10 Now Requires 12-16 GB More Storage


Not the ideal option but you can use older Windows versions / builds:

Windows Download - #1 Windows ISO Download Source
Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool
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zbook said:

See if you can find files to delete using step #2.

Windows 10 Now Requires 12-16 GB More Storage


Not the ideal option but you can use older Windows versions / builds:

Windows Download - #1 Windows ISO Download Source
Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool
TechBench by WZT (v4.1.1)

So I ran WinDirstat again. Here's how it looks like. Winsxs is 9GB but Dism.exe didn't do anything

Berton said:

I have an 11.3" Notebook with a 32GB drive [actually less than 30GB] with the same issue. It worked good with Version 1809 and earlier but thanks to the Win10 change it now is running Linux Mint 19.x, needed only 1/3rd of the space as Win10. I replaced it with a 12.5" Notebook with a 256GB SSD with Win10 Pro.

I know that Linux is the easy solution but unfortunately they need Windows for school. And as I said, this laptop is not upgradeable.

I'm using 1809 and 1607 on computers that have not yet been upgraded.
So if they have lower profiles they are options.
You must know the pro and con when using unsupported builds.

zbook said:

I'm using 1809 and 1607 on computers that have not yet been upgraded.
So if they have lower profiles they are options.
You must know the pro and con when using unsupported builds.

So is it a fact that 1809 and 1607 take less space on disk? If yes I might consider downgrading and only make the necessary security updates.

Berton said:

Looking back I think I gave the wrong impression, kept the 11" and added to the stable with 12".

I browse the deals at TigerDirectB2B [I'm on their E-Mail list], have good buys on Renewed/Refurbished Notebooks and Desktop, my 12" was 159USD. And most carry a 1-year warranty.

I don't see how this answers my question.

Please see the link in post #4