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Is 32GB really too small for a Windows upgrade?

Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 21:15 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

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By Fred Langa

Last year, Microsoft quietly upped Win10’s minimum disk-size requirement. Now, even a 32GB drive might be insufficient, as an AskWoody subscriber discovered.

Plus: Restarting a laptop that’s been off for a year.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07).

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