Free up some space and have another go.

But, of course I cant because I cant get in there to free space!

I followed instructions to do this online but it came up saying not enough disk space to continue.

How to Fix “Windows Automatic Repair Not Working”

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

I tried reinstalling legacy drivers to see if I could get the speakers to work…

This resulted in mypc crashingand an error Additional free space is needed on the drive where Windows is installed.

Select Bootable Media

Clear some space and hit it one more time.

Is Windows Automatic Repair not working?

How to Fix Additional Free Space Is Needed on the Drive Where Windows Is Installed?

Choose WinPE-based media with MiniTool plug-in

For this kind of automatic repair failure, it is due to the low disk space of C Drive.

Yet, the process of freeing up drive space is slow and sometimes it doesnt help much.

Then, you need a much quicker way to just increase the size of C Partition.

Specify Built-in Drivers

Lets see how to escape this loop andrepair Windows10/11 (here).

Purchase, install and launch Partition Wizard on the working PC.

In the main interface of the software, clickBootable Mediain the upper right.

Choose USB Flash Disk as Bootable Media

In the pop-up window, selectWinPE-based media with MiniTool plug-in.

SelectUSB Flash Diskto contain the bootable data for booting up your crashed computer.

The data on the USB flash disk will be destroyed.

Creating Bootable USB Disk Process Finishes

Just clickYesto confirm the warning message to continue.

Then, it will start to create the bootable USB flash drive.

Wait until it completes.

Select Extend Partition

Finally, clickFinishto exit the task.

Eject the bootable USB disk from the working computer.

Power on the machine and enter into its BIOS system.

Specify Which Partition to Take Free Space from and How Much Space to Take

Choose to boot from the bootable USB drive and boot the computer up.

When the PC starts up, the built-inMiniTool Partition Wizardshould open by itself.

Otherwise, you could manually launch it.

Apply Pending Operations of Extending Partition C

Then, selectExtend Partitionunder Change Partition section in the left panel.

Step 3.Preview the change for target Partition C. Finally, clickApplyon the bottom left to save the change.

Next, just wrap up the partition tool and shut down the computer.

Scan C Partition with Space Analyzer

Method 1.

Then, to free up disk space, just delete those unwanted items.

ClickSpace Analyzeron the upper menu, selectPartition Cand clickScan.

Rank Files by Size

Thus, it’s possible for you to easily pick out large unnecessary items and delete them.

Right-hit the item youd like to delete and chooseDelete (Permanently).

Usually, the user files will occupy much storage space on a computer.

Delete Files

you might find out all the user cache files by filtering them out in the File View tab.

Just input%userprofile%.cachein the File Search Filter column and clickApply.

A wonderful tool for finding out big files and folders on your setup.

Filter Certain Files

Method 3.

Uninstall Unused Programs

The applications on a computer are also a group that tends to take large disk space.

For those programs that you not use or hardly use, just uninstall them once and for all.

Uninstall Apps in Windows Settings

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Method 4.

Search disk cleanup in Taskbar and selectDisk Cleanupin the search list.

When the APP is on, select Drive C to clean.

Disk Cleanup for C Drive

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