Acer laptop not enough memory to update Windows

Dissatisfied

I have an Aspire 1 A114-31 Model N17Q4 and it came with Windows 10. But I can't update it because there isn't enough storage. So it's basically worthless right now. Is there something I can do to fix this?

billsey

I'm guessing you have one of the SKUs with 32GB eMMC drive soldered to the MB. The big Windows updates (twice a year) can be problematic when there''s so little space to work with. The A114 models don't have connectors for adding a HDD or SSD so you have to work with what you have. First step is to fire up Disk Cleanup and click the Cleanup System Files button. Use that to get rid of things like downloaded update files in addition to the normal stuff like temporary internet files and the trashcan and it should get you close if not far enough to do the update. If that's still not enough put an SD card in and download the update to the card. If the OS sees a SD card it will try to use that for temporary files during the install.