Windows 10: Can I clear up space on my disk drive if I'm stuck on bsod?

I'm stuck in a bsod loop and I'm pretty sure the reason it started in the first place was because my pc was disconnected from the power supply. Start-up repair would probably be able to fix this, unfortunately every time I try it it gets as far as "diagnosing your pc" before it sends me back to the beginning. I've read that having not enough space on your disk drive can cause issues with start-up repair and I only have about 2.4gb left on it so I'm fairly certain that's why it won't work. My problem, however, is that I can't find a way to clear up space in my current situation, it won't restar

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Disk cleanup clears much less space then claimed

Hi Arsenaltastic, thanks for your question. I'm Graeme, a Microsoft Community expert and fellow user.

It's odd that Disk Cleanup doesn't clean the same amount it reports, but there are definitely other effective ways to save disk space. Windows has built-in tools such as Storage Sense to help you manage your disk space effectively.

Here's a link to a Microsoft Support article that lists quite a few ways to save disk space:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/12425/...

Follow the steps listed and you should definitely save some space. Let me know how you go and if you still need help I'll give you further options! Thanks!

 

Lost space of Pen Drive

Hello,

Thank you for bringing up your query on Microsoft Community.

We regret the inconvenience caused to you.

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  Have you tried connecting to a different computer?
  

I suggest you to connect the USB flash drive to a different computer and check.

First back up all the data from your USB drive to another location.

I suggest you to connect the USB flash drive to a different computer and check.

Let us try the following steps, and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to refresh the drive letter and then try to rescan the drives that are connect to the computer and check.

To refresh drive letter:

• Open Computer Management (Local).
• In the console tree, click Computer Management (Local), click
  Storage, and then click Disk Management.
  
• Click Action, and then click Refresh.
  
• Once you have refreshed connect the new zip drive and to update hardware information, click Rescan Disks instead.
  

Step 2: For unallocated space on USB drive

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  Press the Windows key, and type Diskpart.
  
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  Click the result to open the DiskPart command prompt window.
  
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  In the command prompt window, type list disk and hit Enter.
  
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  The removable USB drive or hard disk will be shown under
  Disk 1.
  
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  Type in the following commands and hit Enter.
  

select disk 1

Clean

create partition primary

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  The first command selects your removable USB drive.
  
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  The Clean command deletes all the current partitions present on the USB drive.
  
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  The Create primary partition creates a fresh partition and allocates all the unallocated space on this fresh partition.
  
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  Type Exit to close the command prompt window.
  
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  Unplug your USB drive and plug it back again.
  

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.

 

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