Windows 11 Upgrade - Insufficient Space

[izzop]

Have a Huawei Laptop running Windows 10 and I'd like to upgrade it to Windows 11. However there isn't sufficient space on the C Drive to enable Windows update to do it.

The laptop has a 1TB drive, which came configured with a C partition (119GB) of which there's only 5.68GB free space and a Data (D) drive of 814GB, which has 767GB free.

Is there a way for me to download the Win 11 upgrade onto a USB and have it carry out the upgrade?

 

[Philtor]

Why not backup all your media files and then just delete the partitions during the install and let Windows 11 create a new 1TB partition?

That’s what I would do unless you want to keep the recovery partition that Huawei have on there.

Edit: oh you are attempting an upgrade. Might need to use a partition manager then to sort the D partition as that is eating up all the space.

Strange that your C partition is only configured with 119GB of space.

 

[Rannoch]

Extend C Drive via Disk Management. This may work but unmovable files may cause a problem.You can use dedicated partition software which will work.

 

[brendy]

Disk management apps like Aomei partition assistant exist but usually not free.

 

[Philtor]

EaseUS partition master (free) should do the job. Backup all your media but before playing around with partitions!

 

[ED209]

Try running disk clean up (Built in to Windows) and see how much space that can free up

 

[m4cc45]

As the above poster - use Disk Cleanup and remember to click 'Clean up system files' which will give you the option to clean up Windows Updates, etc.


M.

 

[Fluffybob]

I would back up the D drive, delete the partition and extend your C drive into the free space.

 

[izzop]

Thanks all for the replies and advice, I'll back up the D Drive and sort the partitions out.

The Disk Cleanup didn't create anywhere near enough space, unfortunately.

 

[darael]

Is the drive an SSD drive or a hard drive? I get the impression it's a hard drive that's been partitioned to get the benefits of short stroking and it's seek times.

 

[nade]

Thanks all for the replies and advice, I'll back up the D Drive and sort the partitions out.

The Disk Cleanup didn't create anywhere near enough space, unfortunately.

You could try https://gparted.org/ or as was suggested by Philitor, EaseUS partition master. You would have to shrink the D: partition, then move it to the end of the disk, and then would be able to expand C:

 

[bimbleuk]

Thanks all for the replies and advice, I'll back up the D Drive and sort the partitions out.

The Disk Cleanup didn't create anywhere near enough space, unfortunately.

Did you check the system drives box as that can remove previous versions of Win10 left after the bigger updates. Worth doing anyway if not.

 

[izzop]

EaseUS partition master (free) should do the job. Backup all your media but before playing around with partitions!

Just downloaded and tried, however unfortunately when you go to run the task you're forced to purchase.

Will look at gparted, but see that it needs to be installed on a bootable usb to fire it up, which I'm not 100% comfortable in doing.

 

[Philtor]

Just downloaded and tried, however unfortunately when you go to run the task you're forced to purchase.

Will look at gparted, but see that it needs to be installed on a bootable usb to fire it up, which I'm not 100% comfortable in doing.

You sure you downloaded the free version? They must have changed what the free version offers if so. Shame as it’s very good.

 

[izzop]

Mmmm... I thought so, but having looked again I might not have. Will download again to check.

 

[izzop]

You sure you downloaded the free version? They must have changed what the free version offers if so. Shame as it’s very good.

It has done the job, it was my error in how I was trying to do it.