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09-20-2020 11:21 AM
I have an HP Stream 13 - c000nl laptop with a 64GB HD SSD (few I now !!!).
HD is now full with only Windows 10 and its updates. Now no longer download updates because full.
I had to delete all applications and therefore only use laptop for internet access.
To solve the problem I would like to transfer windows 10 to a USB stick to be used for booting and then recover the space on the HD to install at least the LibreOffice suite.
Is it possible to transfer all Windows to the USB stick and start the PC from there? Obviously, I would that all Windows updates should automatically download into the USB stick and not to the HD.
It can be done ? like ?
Thank you
09-20-2020 03:56 PM
NO -- that is not possible. You could use a free utility to create a bootable USB stick with Windows RE on it -- but that would not be a copy of your existing Windows.
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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