Storage Issue

[Mike0508]

I am having an issue with the storage on my PC.

I cant install updates to the system as always I receive notifications saying I have no storage space.

This is despite my Storage settings being adjusted back in 2016 to send all new storage to my D drive where I have ample storage space it wont allow me to do Windows and System updates as it says I have no space.

My C DRIVE has 118gb used of 119gb

My D Drive only has 231 of 931gb used

I recently got a blue screen  Windows system error from windows that I think is due to the fact I havent been able to put new updates on my pc. Luckily I was able to get back into my PC but want to avoid a complete system shut down can anyone help?

[krzemien]

Start by checking what's stored where and what can be possibly deleted / moved.

To be honest I find 128GB as a system drive quite silly nowadays taking into account rather cavalier attitude of all software makers (which is another story but I digress). On my PC with sort-of similar arrangement space used on C: drive exceeds 120GB - and because my PC was originally delivered with 128GB SSD as a C: drive, my first decision was to purchase 256GB SSD and clone systen disk onto there.

[mdklassen]

> no space it won't allow me to do Windows and System updates as it says I have no space.

Have you run the Windows "Disk Cleanup", selecting the "clean-up system files" option?

That will delete older versions of Windows.

In the "root" of the 'C:' drive, you should see the 'Windows' folder.

But, is there any other folders that start with 'Windows', e.g., 'Windows.old' ???

Those are the previous versions of Windows, and can be deleted.

[Mike0508]

Thank you but my issue is not really an issue of having no space.

I have lots of space the issue I have is how the space and storage organisation works.

When I go to the disk management menu it breaks down my storage as follows......

DISK 0 partition1 CAPACITY 360mb free space 360mb - efi system partition

DISK 0 parition 4 CAPACITY 828 MB free space 828mb -Recovery partition

Windows C: capacity 117.96 gb free space 725mb - Primary partition

😧 DRIVE capacity 931.39 gb free space 700.46 gb - Primary partition

THE GRAPHICAL VIEW shows that DISK 0  is  made up of the Windows C drive and the Disk partition 1 & 4

Is the issue that becuase my c drive is the windows drive any updates and system updates need to go to that drive when being saved and cant function on the d drive?

[mdklassen]

>>> My C DRIVE has 118gb used of 119gb

That leaves just 1 GB, equivalently 1000 MB, as "free".

> ... my issue is not really an issue of having no space.

> Windows C: capacity 117.96 gb free space 725mb - Primary partition

Note the 'GB' and the 'MB' units -- you have less than 1 GB of "free" space within that partition.  Ouch!

> Is the issue that because my c drive is the windows drive

> any updates and system updates need to go to that drive

> when being saved and can't function on the 😧 drive?

Yes.  All those updates add files into the 'C:\Windows' folder, even though your 😧 drive has lots of free space.

Please follow my advice, and run that "Disk Cleanup" utility, and tell us the results.

[Mike0508]

Thanks tried that and it deleted a little bit from the C;drive but not enough to complete the windows updates. Im still confused why with so much space on my d drive and the d;drive selected as the place where all new material gets saved it wont let me do system updates and says I have no storage space when clearly I do.

[mdklassen · Accepted solution]

> it won't let me do system updates and says I have no storage space when clearly I do.

According to Microsoft, those system-updates MUST be stored on the 'C:' drive, which is 99% full.

There is nothing that anybody can do to override that decision by Microsoft to establish that requirement.

[krzemien]

Running Disk Cleanup is certainly a good idea - and indeed make sure you select 'clean up system files' as well.

Also, download this chappy:

https://www.tweaknow.com/PowerPack.php

Open it, go to Windows Cleaner / Disk Usage Analyzer - and run it on disk C:. It will show you the breakdown of what's sitting where exactly.

You may even share details with us here if you need further help...

Another thing: you may want to check how much space is assigned to System Restore points - I think 20% is a default setting, worth adjusting accordingly...

[Mike0508]

Thanks in the end I searched things on my C drive that werent windows related and dragged them to my c ; drive to free space and then all updtes for windows completed....took over6 hours to update though!!

many thanks