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........Is this what you mean ?.....I'm afraid I don't understand formatting, or partitions.....always willing to learn though.......
Updates...Not Enough Space
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New #12
Getting closer.. a screenshot is much clearer, and please use a 3rd party partition manager (Google Minitool Partition Wizard, download it, install it).
Like this:
Can you see that shows more and is so much clearer?
You can use e.g. Snip & Sketch to capture your screenshot.
Now... I asked you:
Did you delete all partitions on your disk when you did the clean install?
Your screenshot shows a C: and a D: partition- could you please explain where D: came from?
After clean installing Win 10, you should only have C: normally. Thanks.
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New #13
I don't know where D came from.......all I did was a clean install, from a USB flash drive.......which I made from one of the other laptops.......as for deleting partitions, I'm afraid I am out of my depth there........
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New #14
Clean Install Windows 10
E.g. Step 15:
A) Delete all partitions/volumes on the Drive # (ex: Drive 0) that you want to install Windows 10 with UEFI on until that Drive # shows as unallocated space. (see screenshot below)
Now please examine this screenshot from that tutorial- you should have seen a screen like this when doing the clean install:
Can you see the Delete option?
If partitions were shown above, you would
a. select the partition
b. click delete
Presumably you didn't do that...
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New #15
O.k.....I remember that screen, but no I didn't delete anything.......shall I try to clean install again ?......
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New #16
That would be the easiest and most reliable option.
If you can, have that tutorial available one way or another on another device- you could download it...
At present you still appear to have the old Windows partition present, so if you needed to preserve any data this is your last chance.
Otherwise, ensure the whole disk shows as unallocated space before proceeding with the installation.
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New #17
O.k Thanks......installation underway.......did what you said, and also had to make the drive "bigger" if that's the right word.......we shall see !!.......
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Well.......it didn't work.......went through all the motions, then just kept going back to the install page......BUT......I have managed to re-install the 32bit version, which I had downloaded to a USB flash drive, in case things went wrong.......what a learning curve !!........Thanks to all that replied......
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Just checked the C drive on the Inspiron......132.13 GB of free space.......my only slight concern is that Windows hasn't activated yet, but I'm told that it can take some time......besides I've got the license key written down somewhere.......not sure why it wouldn't install 64bit, as it did it before, I suspect it is because I couldn't make the drive big enough......anyway this thing is flying now.......Marvellous !!
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New #18
Hello @Del 80,
Normally when performing aClean Install, you would DELETE ALL PARTITIONS leaving a SINGLE UNALLOCATED PARTITION in which to install Windows. You can always adjust the size or sizes of the drives AFTER using something likeMiniTool Partition Wizard[ FREE ].
I hope this helps.
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New #19
Well, took about an hour to activate Windows, then another couple of hours downloading AND installing updates........maybe a backward step, but at least it's up and running.......we live and learn I guess......maybe one day I will try again.......
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