Not enough disk space to even update Windows 10

[CherylG]

@pcpunk

The Stream has an eMMC which is soldered to the motherboard -much like smartphones.

[ieee488]

I just did a clean install of Windows 10 1803 on my Lenovo Ideapad 120S which also has the 32 GB eMMC.

Wiped all the partitions on it.

Installed Windows 10 1803.

Installed all the drivers starting with the chipset.

Ran Windows' Disk Cleaner to remove the junk left behind.

I now have about 15 GB of hard drive space.

Saving all my data to the microSD card.

Yay!

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[pcpunk]

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@CherylGwrote:

@pcpunk

The Stream has an eMMC which is soldered to the motherboard -much like smartphones.

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Thanks for the reminder CherylG

[CherylG]

@ieee488

Yay! Happy to hear you have updated and have loads of free space using clean install- only solution on the tiny eMMC drive.

@pcpunk

You're welcome. I wish it was better-only solution really is the clean install which cleans the eMMc and leaves you with updated Windows and more free space. I detailed the process here:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/Not-enough-disk-space-to-even-u...

[tsylvia]

how much free disk space is needed on c: to perform the windows 10 update?

[ieee488]

With the previous 1709 update, I needed about 4 GB of free hard drive space.

Before doing the drastic step of clean install,

1.) run Windows Disk Cleanup program to remove previous Windows installation(s)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17421/windows-free-up-drive-space

2.) move all your photos, etc to the microSD card or to a USB flash drive.

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[pcpunk]

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@CherylG

@pcpunk

You're welcome. I wish it was better-only solution really is the clean install which cleans the eMMc and leaves you with updated Windows and more free space. I detailed the process here:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/Not-enough-disk-space-to-even-u...

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I wish I could just install Linux and not bother them every six months with this, but they are not the type that would want Linux on their computer, unfortunately.   Very poor preperation by HP.  There should be a better fix created by HP IMO. 

Thanks Cheryl

[ieee488]

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@pcpunkwrote:

I wish I could just install Linux and not bother them every six months with this,

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CloudReady   ; turn your laptop into a Chromebook; it is funded by Google!

HP Stream 11 and HP Stream 14 are certified to work https://guide.neverware.com/supported-devices/

https://www.neverware.com/freedownload

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[pcpunk]

No thanks, but thanks lol.  That is a good idea

[ieee488]

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@pcpunkwrote:

No thanks, but thanks lol.  That is a good idea

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Then you are stuck with Windows 10.

I just bought on eBay an Aspire One netbook that is running Windows 10, but apparently is slow since it only has 1 GB RAM.

I am going to try a clean install.

If that doesn't work, I am going to give CloudReady a try.

I tested CloudReady on another laptop, and it was easy to install.

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