

Also, look for any files/folders on the root of C: that you may have created and want to save.īack up your internet favourites to a CSV file if you’re using Firefox/Chrome. You can be selective here about which subfolders to back up. Copy the user’s C:\users\ folder and sub folders to a backup USB stick. So, the only choice I had was to wipe the drive clean and reinstall the latest W10 update - in this case 1809.

Also, trying to use a 32GB Micro SD card to download the update files wouldn’t work either. After trying to free up room by uninstalling O365, running “Disk Clean-Up”, and “Clean-Up System Files” utilities, there still was not enough room on the disk without the update failing. The problem with a laptop with only a 32 GB SSD HD is that there simply is not enough room for Windows 10 to download and install the latest biannual OS update.
