Windows 10 Low disk space after fresh W10 install.

[MartinB]

Hello
Yesturday i did a fresh install of Windows 10 and I have deleted a lot of bloatware from the computer but I am still very limited in space on the C drive.
Only 38GB out of 97.5GB is free. I feel there should be alot more space than this free,
and if I am not mistaking, the computer had more space free when it was brand new.

My questions are;
What can i do to free up more space?
Would formatting the drive help in any way?
How big is windows OS?

 

[patcooke]

Did you reformat the the entire drive before installing?

 

[Neemobeer]

I have a clean Windows 10 install in hyper-v and it's 10GB although Microsoft says 16-20GB which could account for updates.

 

[MartinB]

Did you reformat the the entire drive before installing?

I did not manually reformat the drive since I noticed the option to remove all files in the reset procedure.

Do you think that a manual reformat would free up the drive? If so im willing to try it out and do the reset procedure again.

 

[patcooke]

Yes, a reformat will give you a fully clean reinstall.

 

[MartinB]

Yes, a reformat will give you a fully clean reinstall.

Thank you, Pat!
Will start reformating this instant.