Cannot recovery system, not enough memory, HD full, cannot create more space

[Confused_Dude]

I cannot rest windows 7 at all. The error message says not enough memory to perform rest.

I have deleted all media etc, however the C: drive is almost full, have about 4 gig space left.

I cannot change my user permissions to delete files to free up space.

Been trying for a week now, have tried evey option the PC allows.

I'm stuck folks!

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

Well I was going to suggest...

WinKey + R  and type cmd.exe pause

then type

del C:\*.tmp /s

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-stream-14-ax000-laptop-pc/12499221/how-to

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-stream-14-ax000-laptop-pc/12499221/document/c05449785

You list  Windows 7 as the OS?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Confused_Dude 

It is not possible to run W7 on that PC (no W7 support for eMMC drives), so I am assuming that you are running W10.

See my solution to the issue at the discussion below, and the link I provided (which is really the solution) in that discussion...

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Boot-and-Lockup/reset-HP-Stream-with-out-a-admin-password-and...

[Confused_Dude · Accepted solution]

Hi, Thank you for the advice. 

Apologies for the late response.

I eventually managed to get this resolved, hoever I struggled as the notebook need extra space and I had to use an external drive.

What still bothers me is this, the OS takes up nearly 18gig of a 30gig HDD - Is this normal or am I missing something?

Thanks to you and all the others who replied, have a groovy weekend - Peace!!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, that is normal.

W10 64 bit requires a minimum of 16 GB of disk space to install and run, and Microsoft is now suggesting a 32 GB hard drive minimum to run W10 64 bit.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications#primaryR2