Windows 10 installation USB issues

[phatrix_god]

I want to use a USB hard drive for the installatin of windows 10 media tool for my new pc.

When I use the tool I am constantly being asked to make space on my C: drive when I am trying to put it on my D: drive but I am using a small laptop that only comes with 32Gb of space and windows 10 takes 29Gb of it leaving me incapable to put a second copy of windows 10 on my laptop. Is there any way around this without another laptop or a pre made drive because I want to be able to do this by the end of today

 

[Colif]

If you run the media creation tool, it needs free space on C to store the downloaded data it uses to make the installer. It will give that space back after creation. That is what I assume it needs in space. If you can't free that much space, I would suggest using another PC to create the USB.

You shouldn't put win 10 on PC twice, that will just mess with the boot loader as neither win 10 will know which is main drive.
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You should buy a bigger hdd, put it in PC and then wipe the 32gb ssd in process of installing win 10 on HDD. Many laptops come with tiny 32gb ssd that are meant to be cache drives, and not where win 10 is installed. Is this an intel laptop? There is an intel program that will set up 32gb drive as a cache to speed up the hdd

 

[phatrix_god]

If you run the media creation tool, it needs free space on C to store the downloaded data it uses to make the installer. It will give that space back after creation. That is what I assume it needs in space. If you can't free that much space, I would suggest using another PC to create the USB.

You shouldn't put win 10 on PC twice, that will just mess with the boot loader as neither win 10 will know which is main drive.
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You should buy a bigger hdd, put it in PC and then wipe the 32gb ssd in process of installing win 10 on HDD. Many laptops come with tiny 32gb ssd that are meant to be cache drives, and not where win 10 is installed. Is this an intel laptop? There is an intel program that will set up 32gb drive as a cache to speed up the hdd

REPLYING TO COLIF

I found a solution, there was over 8gb of updates and preview builds that was displaying itself as part of windows, and its a basic £200 laptop, you couldn't remove the hard drive which did indeed contain windows 10

 

[Colif]

what make/model laptop? just curious. Unless its an older model, that size ssd is unfair to be released in a laptop now... but I know it was common in the past.

 

[phatrix_god]

what make/model laptop? just curious. Unless its an older model, that size ssd is unfair to be released in a laptop now... but I know it was common in the past.

Ive been talking on this laptop the past 2 months, it is the HP 11-y050sa and anyone can challenge in what I say but to tell someone that this is a good laptop is an absolute lie, you can crash it by using a youtube video in 144p and a Microsoft word document with 500 words, you cannot run 720p video smoothly and I get about a quarter sim speed on google drive which makes it almost unusable.

I found that the solution was to delete the Preview updates and future builds which hid itself within softwaredistribution in a windows folder.

ocial: Basic computing on the go
Windows 10
Intel® Celeron™ Processor N3060
RAM: 2 GB / Storage: 32 GB eMMC

 

[Colif]

i wasn't challenging you, just curious.

I would save up and buy a better one, its only going to get harder to keep win 10 up to date with the space you have to work in. Every 6 months there is a new version of win 10 and likely the installer needs more blank space than you have unless you keep ontop of it.