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THE TRUTH ABOUT: How to install windows 11 when main hard drive doesn t have enough free space | History Defined

Windows 11 Setup.

Although your computer may meet the minimum hard drive requirements to install Windows 11, the setup may still get stuck because there is not enough space to process the upgrade. If this is your case, you can use a pair of USB flash drives to circumvent this problem.

Windows 11, like its predecessor, has "reserved storage" to reserve part of the drive space to prevent issues during an update. However, the device still needs some additional space to process the upgrade, so you will need workarounds to continue with the setup.

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