I'm trying to update my Nvidia GPU drivers, but I'm running into a big problem—my C drive is almost full. It's only 100GB in total, and I have just about 5GB left. This drive is where my operating system is, so I've been trying to find ways to free up space. I've already used WizTree and deleted everything I can think of. Is there anything else I can do to resolve this issue?
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If you're really stuck, consider investing in a larger drive. You can clone your current drive to a bigger one, which is what I did when I moved from a 128GB drive to a 1TB. It makes things a lot easier!
Having only 5GB free is definitely not ideal, especially for SSDs since they like to have at least 20% free space. You might want to try moving any files you can to different drives, and if you have hibernation enabled, disabling it can free up a chunk of space.
A quick fix could be to plug in a USB drive. You could use that extra space temporarily for the driver update.
You could also try a program like SpaceSniffer that can be run from a USB or SD card. It helps identify what’s taking up space on your drive. Don't forget to check your AppData folder for a temp folder in Windows; it might have files you can delete.
I wish I could move files, but I don't have anything that I can relocate. Everything on my C drive seems necessary.