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Windows 10 Will Reserve 7GB of Your Computer's Storage in its Next Major Release So That Big Updates Don't Fail (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the inform-the-IT dept.

In the next major release of Windows 10, Microsoft will reserve 7GB of your device's storage to resolve a Windows 10 bug thrown up by Windows Update not checking whether a PC has enough storage space before launching after big updates. From a report: As Microsoft warned ahead of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, systems that don't have enough space to install Microsoft's 'quality updates' or new versions of the OS will see an error message explaining there is insufficient storage space. That happens because Windows doesn't check if a device has enough space before initializing. Microsoft's current solution is for users to manually delete unnecessary temporary files and temporarily move important files like photos and videos to external storage devices to make enough space for the update. This problem is more acute for devices with little storage capacity, such as many of the cheap 32GB flash-drive PCs on the market today.

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  1. No they won't by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because none of my computers run Windows 10. If you aren't running Linux in 2019, you aren't paying attention.

    1. Re:No they won't by 110010001000 · · Score: 1, Informative

      Linux is a million times better because your data doesn't get sent to mega corporations for profit. You haven't been paying attention.

    2. Re: No they won't by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 3, Informative

      It is far easier to keep a Linux system working smoothly than a Windows system. I installed and configured a Linux system for my mother a decade ago. I haven't touched it since and it continues to work perfectly. That's literally 0% maintenance effort. Since you seem to be bad at math I'll put it on more "touchy / feely" terms you can understand ... You are a fucking clueless moron with no idea what you are talking about.

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    3. Re:No they won't by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Informative

      I find Windows 10 needs to restart a hell of a lot. And it forces the restarts too. It will wake the machine up in the middle of the night just to restart without asking.

      While it's generally pretty good the lack of control over updates is immensely frustrating.

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  2. Made up "facts" by sjbe · · Score: 5, Informative

    For example, Windows 7 ran OK on a regular hard drive. Windows 10 -needs- a SSD to be able to function.

    Don't know where you got this made up fact. I'm typing this on a PC that has Windows 10 and does not have an SSD and it runs just fine. (well... as fine as Windows ever runs)

    The minimum size has grown as well, where W10 pretty much needs 120+ gigs of space with all the Market and user installed shoverware, and that's before adding relevant apps.

    More bullshit. I'll agree it's pretty bloated but it demonstrably does not require that much space. If you have that much shovel-ware installed, switch PC vendors. On the machine I'm running right now Windows takes about 45GB of space. You can argue that's still too much and I'd probably agree with you but it's 1/3 of what you are claiming.

    If you want to bash Windows there are plenty of opportunities that do not require making up nonsense.