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How Much Space Windows 11 Take?
In this article, you are going to learn how much space Windows 11 take. Besides that, what to do if there is not enough space to install Windows 11 and how to free up Windows 11 space are also mentioned.
By Dervish / Updated on May 12, 2023
How much space Windows 11 take on your disk?
As you can see, Microsoft’s Windows 11 hardware requirements have written that at least 64GB of storage is required to install Windows 11, and more storage will be required if you need to update or enable special features. This may not be a very accurate number, as this minimum disk space requirement is to better ensure Windows 11 runs.
Since Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2020, there are many Windows users who want to experience this latest Windows operating system. But many people may want to ask how much storage space does Windows 11 take up? Especially for SSD users, as SSD doesn't provide as much storage space as HDD.
If you're really attention to Windows 11 storage space, then you need to know how much space Windows 11 take on SSD. Unless you have a lot of free space in your SSD, you may face issues like storage or running slowly if you don't have enough space for work to run Windows 11. To avoid this situation, you need to ensure that there is enough space on the HDD/SSD.
How to leave enough space for installing Windows 11
If you are currently using Windows 10 and are distressed because you don't have enough space to upgrade to Windows 11, then you can read this part carefully as it will show you how to fix there is no enough space for Windows 11.
▶ Method 1. Merge partition
AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is a powerful disk partition manager for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP users. This is a tool that users love and can help users manage disks or partitions efficiently and in a timely.
Its “Merge Partition” combines two or more partitions to achieve the purpose of extending the partition space without losing data. In addition, it supports merging unallocated space that is not adjacent to the system drive, which breaks the limitations of Disk Management.
You can download the freeware to see how it works:
Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. You will see the main interface of it. Right-click C drive and select "Advanced" > "Merge Partitions".
Step 2. Here you will move to the window where you can select the partitions you want to merge together. Just check the box in front of C and D drive as the following picture shows, and click "Next". You can also choose to merge unallocated space on disk.
Step 3. Here you can see the main interface that the C drive and D partition are merged into one bigger partition. Click "Apply" to submit all operations.
▶ Method 2. Allocate free space
Method 1 lets you merge partitions or unallocated space on the same disk with the target partition. But what to do if you don't want to merge other partitions into the C drive, or there is no unallocated space on the disk?
You can turn to “Allocate Free Space” which allows you to allocate free space from one drive to another drive. You can refer to the following operations:
Step 1. Right-click the drive D or other partitions you want to allocate and choose “Allocate Free Space”.
Step 2. In the pop-up window, you could specify the free space to be allocated and choose which partition you want to extend.
Step 3. Then click “Apply” to execute operation. After that, you can see that the C drive has been extended.
▶ Upgrade to Windows 11
No matter how much space Windows 11 takes, you can choose one of these two methods to make your system drive have enough space to install Windows 11.
If you want to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, you have two options. One is to do a fresh install of Windows 11, but that tends to make you lose your current data! The other is to upgrade to Windows 11 via Windows Update without losing data. You just need to go to “Settings”> “Update and Security”> “Windows Update”, and then click “Check for Updates”. If available, you will see Windows 11 feature updates. Click Download and Install to complete.
Warning: According to the hardware requirements, Windows 11 only supports UEFI boot, which means that your system disk must be a GPT disk. If the system is MBR, please convert MBR to GPT for Windows 11 update.
How to free up Windows 11 space
When you successfully upgrade to Windows 11, you may face the issue of C drive full after prolonged use. At this time, you can use the above two methods to extend the space of the C drive. But you can also free up Windows 11 space.
AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional provides two ways to free up space: App Mover and Mover Folders. The former supports moving installed programs such as move Steam/Origin to another drive without reinstallation, the latter supports moving folders, including moving AppData folder, Program Files folder, Users folder, etc.
Step 1. On the main interface of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, right-click the drive you need to move the applications and choose "APP Mover".
Step 2. Select App Mover or Mover Folders according to your needs. Then, follow the operation guide.
Conclusion
From what has been discussed above, this article explains to you how much space Windows 11 takes. Besides, it also shows you how to use AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to solve the problem of "there is not enough space to install Windows 11" and "how to free up Windows 11 space".
If you want to merge partitions, allocate free space, move installed programs or enjoy more advanced features on Windows Server, please switch to AOMEI Partition Assistant Server.
