Windows 10 Install

[moto1ben]

My SSD is packed with windows 7 already, and I need to install windows 10 but I cant on my SSD. What can I do

 

[USAFRet]

My SSD is packed with windows 7 already, and I need to install windows 10 but I cant on my SSD. What can I do

1. What size SSD is this?

2. Are you wanting to replace Win 7 and have 10, or are you trying to do a dualboot something?
2a. Do you have a license for Win 10, or are you attempting the Upgrade?

 

[fpink3]

The first thing you should do is determine how large the Users files are on your SSD. These are the "new" data files you have added and saved to the SSD while using Windows. These files are irrelevant to upgrading to Windows 10. The space these files take up could be space you need to "upgrade" to Windows 10 directly. You can move these files temporarily to a USB flash drive, then delete the files from the boot drive (the "C" drive).

If emptying your "Users" folder doesn't free up enough space to install Windows 10, you need a larger SSD. Sorry.
SSDs are much cheaper now than they used to be. Splurge.

Removing and replacing Users Folder files:
Open a file window and navigate to This PC > Windows, then select the C drive --which is your boot drive.
In the list of folders in this location, one of the folders will be "Users". Right click on this folder, then choose Properties from the drop down menu. The Users Properties window that appears will tell you how much space the Users folder takes up. Any set of folders INSIDE the Users folder can be moved to a USB drive (or external hard drive). That same folder set can then be deleted from the boot drive.
After installing Windows 10, you move the same folder set back into the Users folder of your new Windows 10 equipped boot drive.