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Windows 10 install says not enough space to upgrade or system restore
I think that I have made a mess of my new Laptop Computer, unfortunately. I bought it a couple of years ago. My Desktop Computer recently got a blue screen after just trying to do a System Restore on it, and I was unable to fix it to get it working again. I tried everything. And so I got out my Laptop Computer that I had bought as a backup in case anything ever happened to my desktop computer, which of course, it did. I had to learn how to set it all up and managed to do that successfully. It came with Windows 10.
So anyway then my update thing kept saying that I needed to upgrade my Windows 10 to the 1903 version. And so I downloaded it, along with the Windows Upgrade Assistant. But no matter what I have tried, it just keeps telling me that I don't have enough space to do it. So I have tried all the ways it says to do, to free up space, but it is never enough and to me it seems that there was hardly anything on it in the first place. So I was desperate and started trying to delete things, even my desktop and put the folders onto an empty 32GB Flash Drive, thinking that I could then have enough space, but no, it never seems to be enough. Then I tried putting the folders back onto my computer but now when I open to restart my computer it says D:\Desktop\ is not available. Plus, I still am unable to upgrade my computer to Windows 10 the new version.
So now I have more problems than when I started. I have tried doing a System Recovery but it even says that I dont have enough space for that. To me it seems crazy that there seems to be not even enough space on this computer to turn around and it's supposed to be new. And then someone will tell me to do a full clean windows install and I haven't got a clue what they mean.
Can anybody please help me with this, please? At this point, I would like to get everything off this computer and set it to Factory Default Settings and start all over with it but it won't even allow me to do that since there isn't enough space on it, it says. I have never before experienced this problem of my computer saying that there wasn't enough space to do anything on it, and it's a new computer. What good is it if you can't even put anything on it? Geesh!
I don’t understand this, can you explain it to me like I’m 5? I would appreciate it so much,
Claudia
Last edited by ClaudiaThompson; 07 Oct 2019 at 11:12.