How to get the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

If you could go with a larger SSD that would be even bigger help in the long run where you could even start fresh with a clean install and have plenty of free space left available. You would first need to find out if the drive is able to be swapped out as you generally could see done on a laptop. You wouldn't want to break anything on one of those!

After a certain point of no return being the first 30 days the Windows.old simply takes up valuable space on any small drive and should be tossed since reverting backwards is then out of the question as far as going backwards to any previous build unless seeing a clean install of that.

If you should nuke the "$Windows~BT" and "~WS" folder if present the mounting of an iso download from a flash drive would then have the ability for a manual upgrade on the virtual optical drive with the extra drive space made available for the fresh extraction the setup files. 32gb however is still working with tight space without much of any wiggle room!

Badelhas said:

In disc cleanup try Deleting "windows files". It will delete windows updates files not needed or old windows versions. See if it helps.

Just cleaned 5.3GB using disk cleaner

cottonball said:

Thanks for the info, Night Hawk!



These iView tablets at a bear. Everything I sealed. Tried working on a dead 10" iView to try and revive it, and it was not possible.



You lost me!
Do not see the "$Windows~BT" and "~WS" folders.

Also do not understand the comment that follows. Sorry...

If the protected system files are no longer being hidden the temp installation folders will be found at the very root of C. First however you would need to go into the File Explorer's menu bar>View>Options(on far right end) and open up the Options. You will then see the two options with the first being for change of the folder view and search options.



Once you have clicked on that option you then simply follow the instructions in the guide on how to show or hide the various protected files and folders with a few fast mouse clicks! Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives - Show in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Later once those are removed in order to free up the necessary drive space you can go back in and reverse the order of steps to an extent as the guide there explains to hide the protected items from view in order to prevent any accidental deletions or other possible mishaps.

The other suggestion about the Disk Cleanup tool of course would be the option for seeing the Windows.old folder if present taken care before and after the upgrade to update takes place. But reverting back from the Redstone 1 Anniversary update to the likely updated Threshold 2 update from last fall would need to see that left intact. That would only be in the case you decided not to keep the RS1 on however.

Hi once Anniversary date is install is there any need to keep the windows 10 upgrade Assistant or can it be safely

hTconeM9user said:

Hi once Anniversary date is install is there any need to keep the windows 10 upgrade Assistant or can it be safely

I removed it on my PC. So far no signs of any problems.

[QUOTE=Geoff Daniell;810888]I removed it on my PC. So far no signs of any problems.[/Q]

Thanks for your answer I thought you could but just wanted to confirm