Windows 10 will be reduced to occupy less disk space ~ DepoTech

If you have an entry level tablet running Windows 8.1 with only 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, you may notice something odd when you upgrade to Windows 10 later in the year. Indeed, so far as the trend was more growth, Microsoft has revealed that you should have more free space on your drive.

While this may be surprising, know that the company has implemented two processes to alleviate its operating system: compression, and recovery.

The first thing the company has implemented thus compressing system files. Just this process frees about 1.5 GB of disk space that could otherwise be used by Windows on a system with a 32-bit version. For Windows 64-bit systems, they will receive an additional 2.6 GB of disk space.

Microsoft did launch a configuration utility called WIMBOOT last year, which allows manufacturers to free up space in the same way. But they had to choose whether you want to use WIMBOOT during the Windows installation. Unfortunately, this process is not automatic, and it's something most people can do for themselves. In other words, these are just some features in Windows 8.1 using WIMBOOT.

If the compression could negatively impact performance on slower computers, Windows 10 automatically scans your computer to determine if it can handle compression. In other words, it will be used on devices with sufficient RAM, and having a fast enough processor.

Compression will be automatically applied to applications downloaded from the Windows Store. Microsoft says data compression will be used on Windows 10 phones and 10 for Windows for tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

Paradoxically, if you have one of the few devices that currently use WIMBOOT, Microsoft currently offers no way to upgrade to Windows 10 - since there is probably not enough space on your computer to have Windows 8.1, the installer of Windows 10, and Windows 10 operating system Microsoft did not immediately deletes the files from Windows 8.1, since if there is a problem during the installation, it may be necessary to go back.

Recovery

The other major change in Windows 10 is that Microsoft makes it useless for PC manufacturers to include a full recovery image in the local storage. In other words, it will free between 4 and 12 GB of storage.

Instead, if you need to reset your computer to factory settings, Windows 10 will use its own files.

As an added bonus, this means that after the restoration of the computer, you will have the latest version of Windows and you do not have to download every Windows update that was pushed since Windows was installed on your computer.

On the other hand, if you want to be able to restore your system to a previous state or if you are worried about what would happen if your storage space were to be corrupted, Windows 10 will also have tools to create media recovery on a DVD or flash drive.

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