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HP Stream 11
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I bought two of these laptops to help my children with their study. One was bought only 6 months ago, the other late in 2019 but both have run out of disk space already and can't install updates, for example. I have tried to create a new excel file this morning and was told there was insufficient disk space to open it. There's virtually no documents stored on the laptops as we use One Drive. Has anyone got a simple fix for this? Thanks

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@Connected1220 

You have two related issues here: lack of disk space, inability to install Updates.

 

In terms of the first, here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/

Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html

Finally, there is a freeware app known as Wise Disk Cleaner. I use it every day to get rid of junk files: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html

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But those won't be enough to allow Updates.  For information about that, you need to read this thread:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Knowledge-Base/Updating-Windows-10-OS-on-an-HP-Stream-with-3...



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