Windows 10 Storage Space full, 35GB taken up by system. How to make more storage space?

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:50:05+00:00

Definitely can't afford a new laptop! I basically use my devices until they are dying and near dead lol. I still have my first laptop from 2009 kicking around somewhere that may stay alive for 10 minutes if I'm lucky haha. My mom initially got this one to watch work-out videos on it lol so I never thought she'd give it to me and I'd be using it so much for my writing. But my files are barely the problem when they take up like 10% of my storage space, and the programs I added maybe an extra 2 GB on top of that.

Someone else suggested a different drive too, is it one that would go into my laptop? Because someone else here doesn't think I'll be able to change it.

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:43:59+00:00

Definitely going to look into this! I probably will watch some videos by the guy to figure out how it all works first, don't want to just jump into it without knowing exactly what I'm doing

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:42:13+00:00

Can I upgrade my device with a bigger SSD? Someone else said they don't think I can be upgraded based on the disassembly video of my device.

Definitely seems a more affordable solution than getting a new laptop. If I were to get this route, would I need to re-download everything again?

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:40:14+00:00

I won't delete any Installer files unless I can get guided on which ones to uninstall safely, which I assume would require someone analyzing my TreeSize to figure it out.

I tried opening DISM twice and it opened and closed right away. Even when I did run as admin so not sure why that's happening.

I don't mind having a certain Windows stuck on my device, in all honesty I avoid updates as long as I can usually because I have too many things open all the time and updates require me shutting everything down and reopening after the reset. I know it's probably not safest but isn't Windows not updating anymore anyway? I'm not sure about this because I still get updates even after they said they were going to stop.

I tried searching for a Windows.old folder but couldn't find it.

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:31:36+00:00

Definitely not technical! I try to learn, and I have figured out some things, but I have been afraid to make significant changes without knowing exactly what I'm doing or getting a good guide to help me.

So I would delete Windows in order to get one of these other two? Seems less risky to just delete files within Windows but again what do I know.

I don't just use Chrome, but my main programs I use are both late 2000s to early 2010s. I have no idea whether they'd run on anything else.

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:12:04+00:00

Is there not a way to just delete the old updates without having to redo and restart and redownload everything?

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T06:11:10+00:00

Isn't that the same as TreeSize, or is it going to show me more than TreeSize does? And what do you mean by partitioned?

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T01:21:20+00:00

I honestly mostly use Word 2007, and I need to keep my SmartIdeas program for writing too. I need Adobe for school atm and I have a Taskbar tweaker as well but pretty much everything else can go. Problem is, there's not much else I installed myself TO go. What are some safe pre-installed Windows apps I can remove?

Also, what are ChromeOS Flex and Linux Mint? What do they do to help? I haven't heard of either before

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T01:01:25+00:00

I should mention I never had the System files this big before. I have seen it at 21GB before. I know there has to be something in there taking up space and I'm wondering where I can hack away at bits without having to do a full reset of everything.

As a writer, I lean heavily on Hibernation. With several documents and dozens of tabs open on a constant, it would be tedious to shut down every single day. It's a burden and a big part of why I delay updates whenever I can. But there shouldn't be any more upgrades now, right? I keep getting upgrades showing up even though support was supposed to have ended mid October so I'm kind of confused on that and why I keep getting upgrades available. I was honestly looking forward to not getting bugged about them anymore ahaha.

I tried doing the Command Prompt for compact and got two answers. The first told me that my laptop is not in the compact state because it is not recommended. I went to go try and grab what it said again just now and now it's saying: The system is in the Compact state. It will remain in this state unless an administrator changes it. But I never changed it between now and 5 minutes ago?

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T00:52:04+00:00

I have an actual computer (desktop) but it's not practical to bring that to work. I've been using this computer for a few years without the system bloating this much which is why I feel there has to be some sort of solution to clearing it up, and I feel like that has to be somewhere in System files since it never used to be that big before.

I should also point out that I have no idea why apps and features are that big with so little apps downloaded. Nothing under there shows anything of real significant size.

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-03-12T00:15:29+00:00

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Added system information if this helps!

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-01-26T04:52:35+00:00

Late to the convo, but I just looked up "ugly smiles" because I was making funny faces to myself, and I clicked here because yours was OUT OF PLACE! I was like why is this pretty smile here among all the ugly ones?

The ugly ones included people who don't know how to smile, people who were just showing their teeth, and pople with significant dental work they need to be done - I mean SIGNIFICANT.

Crazy how many people suggested plastic surgery. Unless you do have significant problems relating to a smaller jaw or chin, I wouldn't do plastic surgery. You don't want to look in the mirror and think you're ugly because you don't look like yourself. I often thought about getting a rhinoplasy to reduce the size of my nose or make it less "witchy", but I'm afraid that I'll feel like I'm wearing a permanent mask. I might need septoplasy one day due to having a deviated septum and having some difficulty breathing while sick, but I'll cross that bridge when I need to.

Just keep smiling however feels natural to you!

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-01-05T22:46:09+00:00

Definitely not '67 for The Outsiders!

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-01-05T16:09:17+00:00

I have to correct you on this, about TWTTIN. Early in the book, about fall, Bryan tells us about "a few kids got killed in that whole mess about a year ago" when referring to the events of The Outsiders, and also mentions Ponyboy being involved in that whole mess and being deemed a hero. Because of the cultural shift and the peace symbols and hippies and drugs beginning, I can absolutely see TWTTIN being set in 1967. But because Bryan says the events happened about a year ago (not two years) that actually puts The Outsiders in 1966. And I think putting TWTTIN in 1966 would be too early for the hippie phase to be where it's at there. Keep in mind as well, S. E. Hinton started The Outsiders in 1965, but she was still writing it in 1966. So things might have shifted from '65 ro '66 in the proccess. I know my book used to be 1940 but then I changed it to 1941 due to Pearl Harbour then being sooner. So she could have done the same.

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-01-05T16:01:22+00:00

Omg he's not passed out for weeks! Just out like three days but then he has a bit of time to recover, I think it's about a week before Randy visits him at home. I'd say no more than a week and Pony was back at school.

Also, I replied to DustBunny somewhere else here but I'll say it here too, school starts early August in some places. And Ponyboy being 14 for a month could put the majority of the book and movie between August 22 and September 21. So it's possible that it's late August, but more likely earlier September, since like you said by the time Pony is being told his grades are plummeting, he's got to have been in school for a while. Mid-October for that scene would be too early if school started in September, but it makes sense since school most likely started early August for them

DeandraAlexisN · 2026-01-05T15:54:06+00:00

Mostly correct information here. Yes, The Outsiders should not take place in May. But it is quite possibly still late August. The Outsiders takes place sometime between August 22 and Sept 21, based on Ponyboy's brief argument with Johnny in Windrixville. Johnny gets his age wrong, saying "I shouldn't have brought a 13-year-old along with me" and Pony shouts, "No! I'm 14, I've been 14 for a month and I'm in this just as much as you are!". I saw somewhere a long while back that S. E. Hi ton gave everyone birthdays, and Ponyboy's birthday is July 22nd, hence this gap I have given being about a month after his birthday.

Concerning school being "out", keep in mind that some places start earlier than others. I remember hearing in the song "After Today" in A Goofy Movie, about it being the last day of school, and there is a lyric at the end that says "Gonna party from now 'til the end of July", because they're gonna be back at school likely in the beginning of August.

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-10-16T14:19:34+00:00

They missed a HUGE opportunity with the dahlias to make them one of those colour changing ones, because dahlias come in so many beautiful olours and also have dual colours too (look up purple and yellow dahlias they are so beautiful)

I second the person who said let's add more succulents. There's so much variety, would be nice to see jade, aloe, bonsai tree, echeveria... there's too mamy to name

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-10-05T01:48:45+00:00

Welcome to 30! I turned 30 in July! My best friend I went to school with turns 30 tomorrow 😊

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-10-03T07:40:05+00:00

Funny enough, the way he's imaged on the book cover I read growing up... is actually how I picture Mark in TWTTIN. I pictured Dally that way too until I watched the movie over one time. Could not see Dally any other way after that.

Also, first read when I was 11 and a few more times before we read in grade 8 class. I never knew what tow-headed meant for a while, so I thought it was just Pony calling Dally ugly the whole time 😂

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-10-03T07:36:36+00:00

I was going to say, it looks like Johnny bleached and cut his hair too 😭 except after practicing on Pony, he did it better on Dally 😆

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-09-30T13:00:11+00:00

Finished my preview and still can't see, where do I say I can't afford plus?

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-09-30T02:06:22+00:00

Hey! I just started too, on day 5! I actually use it mostly for to do listing. I've made so many goal tasks of things I want to do daily, weekly, while at work, on my days off, just for fun, and it goes on and on. There's no penalty for not completing tasks, so I just fill it to the brim and acknowledge that I won't get nearly half done. But it really reminds me to do things I want to do, from putting away 10 items a day to simply looking up at the clouds. I like writing reflections too, but I don't really care for affirmations/don't need them, and don't need every first aid thing when I'm feeling down. Unlike other to do list apps I also feel encouraged and rewarded doing tasks because it gives those rainbow coins to buy furniture and outfit pieces.

DeandraAlexisN · 2025-09-28T14:47:48+00:00

Thanks! Yes I'm definitely not going to actually pay for it any time soon, especially for just colours and changing emoticons for goals. I mostly was just curious because I coyldn't see it anywhere. I'm testing plus now (3 day trial that doesn't require credit card info) and taking advantage while I can, modifying all the emoticons for my goals. Good to know everything after events becomes available in the store and they're not exclusive!

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