Windows 10: Windows 10 System files using 95Gb storage space after update

I recently noticed last week after an update that my storage space had been reduced greatly. I do not have a windows.old folder. I ran CCleaner as well.
I also check for bsod memory dumps, ran storage sense and disk cleanup







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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Can't update because of a lack of storage space

Hi Scott,

Updating Windows 10 adds new features and security patches which require additional storage space on your hard drive. Update files are also compressed and need to be expanded during the update process. Normally, it is recommended that you have at least 8GB
of free space on your device before applying a major update.

A few example of the things that eat up precious hard drive space are Windows temporary files, temporary internet files, downloaded program files, and offline web pages. To help free up space on your computer, we suggest that you use the
Disk Cleanup tool. This lets you remove files that are no longer needed or that can be safely deleted. To delete temporary files:

• 
  Search for Disk Cleanup from the taskbar and select it from the list of results.
  
• 
  Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
  
• 
  Select OK.
  

If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:

• 
  In Disk Cleanup, select Clean up system files.
  
• 
  Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
  
• 
  Select OK.
  

You may also refer to the following article on how to free up more space for the update:

Free up drive space in Windows 10.

Let us know how it goes for us to assist you further.

 

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.