Turn On Brand New Surface, Have 16.9GB Available Space

[borka105]

Installed mandatory updates and now have 13.8gb available. I have installed 0 apps myself...

I understand that 32gb turns into 24.9gb with Windows and Office. But to go from 24.9gb to 16.9gb to 13.8gb after mandatory updates on desktop and metro makes me think that I will soon be below 10gb based on mandatory MSFT updates.

Thoughts?

 

[TeknoBlast]

I suggest to uninstall any unwanted apps.

 

[ZachBui]

do you have windows.old in your C: drive?
you can also run disk cleaner as well and choose clean up system files too

that should free up 3gb I think, and then if you do the recovery trick you can get another 3gb free.

Right now, on my 32gb, I have 19.6gb free, and all of my installed apps are on my SD card. Depending on browsed sites/windows updates, that's usually another 1gb if you don't clean it out right away.

 

[borka105]

What unwanted apps? I have installed 0 apps.. the only apps I have are the preinstalled Bing ones.

I looked at disk clean-up.. the largest file recommendation they are making is 49mb.

I have literally just turned on the Surface and installed the updates that's it...It's a brand new Surface I got today after returning my original one for hardware issues. This is the first time I actually looked at the desktop to see how much HD I have at the onset.

I will call MS Support and see what they say.

 

[ZachBui]

I would look if you have Windows.old in the root of your C:\ drive

 

[leeshor]

Unfortunately that seems to be the standard and a lot of people are not happy about it but it has been discussed before.

 

[ArnoldC]

I would look if you have Windows.old in the root of your C:\ drive

Use Disk Cleanup, and make sure the Previous Windows installation(s) is checked.

 

[borka105]

Thanks for helping guys, but I don't see "windows.old". Why wouldn't I have it?

 

[ArnoldC]

Thanks for helping guys, but I don't see "windows.old". Why wouldn't I have it?

It only appears if you refreshed your Surface.

 

[borka105]

It only appears if you refreshed your Surface.

What do you mean "Refresh your surface"? I have downloaded all the updates.. how would I refresh?

Thanks again...

 

[ArnoldC]

Go to PC Settings -> General and scroll up.

 

[R0bR]

It only appears if you refreshed your Surface.

Thanks for reminding me, I refreshed recently.

Borka, you can transfer the recovery files to a USB drive and you'll recover about 4GB of space, however I would keep it as an option if you start to get low on space.