Windows 10: Windows Update “insufficient disk space” even after disk clean up.

I have a tablet pc loaded with Windows 10 version 1511.



I cannot use Windows Update to change to latest version because it responds “insufficient disk space”, even though I have done everything possible to clear the “C” drive of unnecessary files etc.



I understand that in the past when the “insufficient disk space” message was received the user was then invited to specify a different drive as supplementary disk space. This invitation does not appear now.



Is there any way I can use a usb flash drive to temporarily provide more disk space for the update process?

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insufficient disk space to update windows 10


My laptop keeps trying to update Windows 10 and failing, giving me an error that says there is insufficient disk space, which surprises me because the computer is relatively new and I don't use it that much. I follow the instructions to clean up disk space, but this does not help - I always get the same error when it tries again to update windows 10.

 

Disk space.

Could be the Windows Update Stores files, .old files, shadow copies, etc.

Try running Windows disk clean up with the "Clean up System Files" option.

Delete files using Disk Cleanup <-- Be sure to check out the section at the bottom "To clean up all files on the computer".

How do I remove the Windows.old folder?

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