Windows 10 will free up more storage space for your PC, tablet or phone

[anuseems]

Microsoft says that the Windows 10 development team is using a new compression algorithm in combination with the removal of a recovery image to cut down on the amount of storage space the OS will need on PCs, tablets and smartphones

From Windows Central:

Microsoft uses the example of a device which has 32GB of storage. Older versions of Windows might allow for 17.6GB of free storage on that device, but the use of the new compression technique, along with the ditching of a recovery image, with the 64-bit version of Windows 10 frees up another 6.6GB of storage space, giving that device a total of 24.2GB of free space, with just 7.8GB used for the OS itself.

If Windows 10 users still want to have a recovery image for their device, in case something goes wrong, they are free to make one.

http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-will

[oliverjia]

Finally some good news from MS. Now only if they could axe the bloated monthly update.

[haxzion]

At least they did something right,cause the rest of the OS just sucks...

Still big (for desktop) still ugly

[dcs18]

My fully loaded Windows Pro 8.1 Update 3 consumes 56.22 GB of used storage at the system partition (with up-to-date, patches, as of March 2015) - look forward to the reduced storage promised on Windows 10.

[haxzion]

My fully loaded Windows Pro 8.1 Update 3 consumes 56.22 GB of used storage at the system partition (with up-to-date, patches, as of March 2015) - look forward to the reduced storage promised on Windows 10.

Try to free up some space with Wise Disk Cleaner.Just go to the "slimming system" tab and remove all the downloaded updates.

[dcs18]

My fully loaded Windows Pro 8.1 Update 3 consumes 56.22 GB of used storage at the system partition (with up-to-date, patches, as of March 2015) - look forward to the reduced storage promised on Windows 10.

Try to free up some space with Wise Disk Cleaner.Just go to the "slimming system" tab and remove all the downloaded updates.

I have far superior (dedicated) tools than Wise Disk Cleaner. B)

The above-mentioned 56.22 GB storage consumed, is after taking all possible slimming into consideration (not limited to downloaded updates.)