Minimum storage requirement increases for Windows 10 May 2019 Update

It really shouldn't be an issue except for maybe some older tablets with a small drive.

davidhk said:

I'd like to know how many users have 32GB free disk space at their disposal in their computers.
Condolences to most tablet users.

David,

The 32GB requirement applies to the total size of your storage drive not to the amount of free space on it. This is stated in the link Brink gave in his initial post.

There is no explicit free space requirement. There is / was a method of coping with any shortage of free space during the installation/upgrade by connecting, if so prompted, an empty USB memory stick of at least 8GB to provide extra working room during the installation/upgrade itself. @Brink wasn't this included in a TenForumsTutorial that I cannot find? Info given in the links in my next post.

Denis

Try3 said:

David,

The 32GB requirement applies to the total size of your storage drive not to the amount of free space on it. This is stated in the link Brink gave in his initial post.

There is no explicit free space requirement. There is / was a method of coping with any shortage of free space during the installation/upgrade by connecting, if so prompted, an empty USB memory stick of at least 8GB to provide extra working room during the installation/upgrade itself. @Brink wasn't this included in a TenForumsTutorial that I cannot find?

Denis

I don't think I have a separate tutorial for that.

yet.......

I have found guidance about adding a USB stick to create extra working room during an installation/upgrade.
Free up drive space in Windows 10 - MSSupport
which refers you to the details in
Free up space to install the latest Windows 10 feature update - MSSupport

Denis

What I wrote is the same as what Brink meant**. 32GB drive not free space. There is no reason for any doubt - the Minimum hardware requirements | Microsoft Docs article quite clearly refers to "Storage size requirements" in the relevant section [3.3].

I hope you note the two MSSupport [Windows Help] links I found. If your small amount of free space does cause a problem during an installation / upgrade / update then they describe the solution you can adopt.

[I bought a tablet as an experiment last year. I saw several posts from users such as you so I limited myself to tablets with 64GB disks.]

Denis

** I never contradict Brink.

And don't lose sight of the fact that the MSDocs article is a set of instructions to hardware makers about what they need to accept if they are to describe their computers as Windows 10 compatible.

As far as we are concerned, the article needs to be regarded as warning of an imminent update to Windows 10 Computer Specifications & Systems Requirements [the section More information on hard drive space requirements for updates serves as a decent explanation of why there is no explicitly-stated free space requirement].

Denis

davidhk said:

I'd like to know how many users have 32GB free disk space at their disposal in their computers.
Condolences to most tablet users.

I would need 32GB disk space to install 1903?
NUTS!!!

David, I made the mistake of buying one of those "32GB" computers. When I tried to update it to the next Build of Windows 10, it told me there wasn't enough space. In fact, it couldn't handle both Windows 10 and Office 365. I thought there was something wrong with the machine, so took it back and got another one. That one did the same thing, so I took it back and got my money back.

I no longer will buy anything with less than a 500GB drive, although I know things are just fine with a 120GB drive.

Just my experience with those 32GB jobbies.