Reserving disk space to keep Windows 10 up to date Insider

IronZorg89 · 10 Jan 2019

lx07 said:

It can never happen retrospectively.

Imagine you have just bought a 32GB tablet (pre-installed with Windows 10). It would go from annoying to update to completely unusable.

They still have them on sale - in my part of the world anyway.

For new devices with 64GB plus it would (possibly) make sense but not upgrades or things already in the shops.

And then what happens when the 7GB they reserved isn't enough and they want 8GB. Or 15GB. Or 150GB.

An article from zdnet relates perspectively to your opinion:

Windows 10 October 2018 Update: Dump your files to avoid crashes, warns Microsoft:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/window...rns-microsoft/

neveready · 10 Jan 2019

I have 433GB spare on my C: drive. I don't need MS setting any aside for me.

Ztruker · 10 Jan 2019

For people who have a lot of free space, 7GB put aside by the OS is meaningless, why get worked up about it? I'm not talking just to you @eveready, but to everyone who is saying not me. If you have space, it doesn't matter then. If you don't normally have the space or space is tight then it does matter and this may help.

rchris · 11 Jan 2019

Ztruker said:

For people who have a lot of free space, 7GB put aside by the OS is meaningless, why get worked up about it? I'm not talking just to you @eveready, but to everyone who is saying not me. If you have space, it doesn't matter then. If you don't normally have the space or space is tight then it does matter and this may help.

Yes. Exactly what I'm thinking.

Ten Forward · 11 Jan 2019

Ztruker said:

For people who have a lot of free space, 7GB put aside by the OS is meaningless, why get worked up about it? I'm not talking just to you @eveready, but to everyone who is saying not me. If you have space, it doesn't matter then. If you don't normally have the space or space is tight then it does matter and this may help.

Just because I have nothing to hide, doesn't mean I want the whole world to know what I'm doing.

It's not just putting aside 7 GB, this can grow over time. It's not just putting aide space, it is also the cleaning of said space (all kinds of temporary files apparently) when Windows deems it necessary. And we have little or no control over it apparently.

And why? Because in isolated cases low disk space caused issues with an update? Just let the update warn those users. No, instead set aside 7 GB for all users. Seems like a lazy approach to problem solving. A problem a lot of people did not have in the first place...

dalchina · 14 Jan 2019

Burgurne said:

Nobody has answered my question, so I'm trying again. Can it be switched off or be moved out of C:\?? Or is this just another "dead meat" to drag in every drivebackup of C:\

I really don't need this at all, and I really don't need 7+Gbyte extra to back up every week

Not sure if this was already answered though I note Ztruker pointed to this key:

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage for Windows Update in Windows 10 | Tutorials

Burgurne · 14 Jan 2019

dalchina said:

Not sure if this was already answered though I note Ztruker pointed to this key:

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage for Windows Update in Windows 10 | Tutorials

Thank you! I have not seen this before, so now I'm "ready" to receive this new Windows 10 version

Brink, if this also works when the retail Windows 10 with this "feature" is released, will this fix be a part of tenforums Tutorials?

Brink · 14 Jan 2019

Burgurne said:

Brink, if this also works when the retail Windows 10 with this "feature" is released, will this fix be a part of tenforums Tutorials?

Already is.

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage for Windows Update in Windows 10 | Tutorials

meebers · 14 Jan 2019

I am running 17763.253 on my 2in1 without issue. Updates never have given me any grief so far. Here is a pic of my computer properties. Reserving memory for me could be troublesome.