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The forum discussion centers around a user’s concern about limited free space on their Windows 10 C drive after a fresh installation. The user questions whether reformatting the drive might help increase available space and inquires about the typical size of Windows OS. Several contributors suggest that reformatting and a clean reinstall could free up significant space, with one mentioning a minimal install size in a virtual environment, and the original poster planning to reformat based on this advice. The overall sentiment is constructive, with an emphasis on re-formatting to optimize disk space.
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MartinB

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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?
 

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I have a clean Windows 10 install in hyper-v and it's 10GB although Microsoft says 16-20GB which could account for updates.
 
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patcooke said:
Did you reformat the the entire drive before installing?
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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.
 
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