Windows 10: freeing up storage space to speed up my comp.

Discus and support freeing up storage space to speed up my comp. in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; just upgraded pc from win.8.1 to win. 10 home works great but need to speed it up cause have a lot of stuff not being used for along time. nit backed... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by stevenwardien, Nov 5, 2018.

  1. STEVENWARDIEN
    stevenwardien Win User

    freeing up storage space to speed up my comp.


    just upgraded pc from win.8.1 to win. 10 home works great but need to speed it up cause have a lot of stuff not being used for along time. nit backed all up on the upgrade

    :)
     
    stevenwardien, Nov 5, 2018
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  2. DARLEEN PEN
    Darleen Pen Win User

    I have an HP Stream Laptop and I keep running out of storage space

    Hi Jay,

    If a category can't show the folders that it contains, there is a possibility that the folders are somehow hidden. To maximize your PC's storage, follow the suggested steps in these links:


    If further help is needed, let us know.
     
    Darleen Pen, Nov 5, 2018
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  3. DEEPIKA GOWDA
    Deepika Gowda Win User
    Can't Free Up Storage OnHP Stream 11 Running Windows 10

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

    As you are unable to delete the temporary files and free up the storage space on Windows 10 Operating System, try the below and check if it helps.

    Step 1: I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft article about:
    Free up drive space in Windows 10

    Step 2: I suggest you to check the storage capacity of each of the drives in
    Windows Explorer.

    • Press Windows key, type This PC, select it.
    • Right click on each of the drives and click on Properties.
    • Also, you can perform Disk Cleanup from the
      Step 2       as well.
    • Select the files to be delete on each of the drives.

    Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.
     
    Deepika Gowda, Nov 5, 2018
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  4. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    freeing up storage space to speed up my comp.

    Conflicting information on my Storage Space...


    From disk management, it does report the same storage and used space as from explorer.
    May I ask did you try to create a storage pool or something ? if so, you should not mess with this.

    Is this disk an external disk connected via USB ? WD or Seagate branch ?

    I have the feeling that this disk is formatted with GPT type using 512K emulation so Windows get confused. To verify:


    1. Right click on Disk 6 ->Properties->Volumes. What does it show on partition styles ? GPT ?
    2. Download Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free, install then run. What does it show on disk 7 ? MBR ?

    If step 1 shows GPT and step 2 shows MBR then definitely the disk was formatted using 512K emulation. The reason they did this so that it would be recognized by WinXP or if you connect it to a TV.

    Windows Updates failed is another problem you have. First, it tried to updates from 1703 -> 1709 and failed so any subsequent updates to 1803 also failed.
     
    topgundcp, Nov 5, 2018
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