Microsoft recommends that you take a few minutes to prep your PC for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, as Windows Update won’t run correctly if your PC’s hard drive is too full.
If you have a tablet or older laptop with just a tiny bit of storage available, pay attention: Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 October 2018 Update may cause you some headaches unless you tidy up.
In a support document, Microsoft appears to acknowledge that Windows 10’s Windows Update fails to check PCs for adequate storage before it kicks off, an oversight that may cause the upcoming feature update to repeatedly fail unless the PC has enough space to download and install it. A Microsoft spokesman denied this, though, stating that Windows will in fact check to see if there’s enough space for installation. If not, it will ask you to delete some files.
Microsoft hasn’t said exactly how much space the upcoming October Update will require, but the company recommends a «regular regimen of system maintenance to help ensure that updates are successful.» That involves regularly banishing unused files to the cloud or deleting temporary files.
Here’s how to find Storage Sense in Windows 10. Clicking the «This PC» bar at the top allows you to dig down into the various file categories.
Finally, there’s OneDrive. Though the Web interface can be daunting, you can click the small cloud icon on the taskbar, sign in to OneDrive if you haven’t already, and dump files into the cloud. Alternatively, you can use a flash drive or an external hard drive to dump some files while the update takes place.
These are the Storage Sense options within the current Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
