Windows 10: Unable to update Win10, due to increased Windows HD requirements

I have a very minimal HP notebook computer that came with Windows 10. It has a 20 GB solid-state drive that's basically an SD card soldered to the circuit board, so it can't be increased. Windows is at version 1809, and Windows can longer be updated as the minimum requirements jumped to 32 GB starting with version 1903.


Unfortunately, the Windows Automatic Updating WAU system doesn't check drive space before downloading update files. So, it downloads the files, and then, predictably, the updates always fail.


I have three questions regarding this situation:


1. With Windows no longer able to update to the current versions, will Defender still update?


2. If I completely, permanently disable WAU, will Defender still update? I understand that Microsoft makes it very difficult to completely stop Windows updates, but I know how to do it. The downloads and always-failing automated attempts to update not only waste my time, but the files it downloads severely cut into the already minimal free space on that C drive. In fact, it uses so much space that Windows frequently complains about low disk space, which I then free up -- and then WAU starts the cycle all over again.


3. I have a 128 GB SD card plugged into the SD slot on the computer, as drive E. Is there any way that Windows can use some of that space to update itself?


Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

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