Windows 10: New PC not enough space for Windows 10?

When Windows Setup has no space, it suggests to connect another drive with at least 9GB free to continue. Just connect a flash drive with enough space and proceed with the upgrade. No need to touch any partitions.

 

This is the one I want to try, as I haven't understood most of the other options *Smile

But someone did earlier say that the HP forums are full of people who tried this and failed?

And regarding a clean install, I'm not sure I have a key. I didn't have a disk or anything.

 

You don't need a key, just click Skip during setup. To be able to activate Windows 10, you must either upgrade your previous version to 10, or create an activation token as described in this post and use it to activate a clean-install. If the USB used has not enough space or some access error interrupt the process, it will fail. To make sure, format the USB drive as NTFS so it can save large files over 4GB, if there is anyone. Also make sure it has at least 10-12GB free. Oh yes, disable your antivirus during the upgrade so it won't try to block anything.

 

Create a Factory Recovery Drive - remove the factory image partition > upgrade to windows 10 via the setup media on a USB
By running Setup.exe from USB while booted into Host win8.1 OS

Once the Windows 10 Upgrade is activated - you can Clean install windows 10 at any time during the life of that PC