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Can I buy more storage for my local disk?

Anonymous
2020-11-12T04:21:02+00:00

Is it possible to buy more storage for my local disk? I have a Microsoft Laptop 3 and I already used up most of my storage. I started with 118 GBs but now I only have 18 GBs available and I need more storage for gaming. I don't know how I already used up all my GBs when I haven't even downloaded many files or apps. I have only had the laptop for a month and I already don't have enough space.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-12T04:32:11+00:00

    Hi Dumbk1tty -

    I'm Jerico T., one of the Independent Advisor and a fellow Windows 10 user like you. I understand that you're having some issues right now, let us sort things out.

    If you are referring to your hard disk drive, you cannot buy any additional storage space because a hard drive have fixed storage capacity. There are two options for you to have more storage space on your computer.

    Option 1: Purchase larger storage hard disk for your laptop.

    Option 2: Purchase external hard drive for your games.

    Note: If you will save your game progress on external hard drive, there might be some cases that it won't work or in worst case, the save game progress will get corrupted.

    Feel free to reach us back if you need further assistance.

    Hope this help. Have a good day.

    Thank you.

    Jerico T.

    Independent Advisor

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  2. Craig Long 17,825 Reputation points
    2020-11-13T01:26:51+00:00

    You can use Files On-Demand with a Microsoft 365 subscription.  Then you can get a larger online storage and download files as you use them.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/additional-file-storage

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products

    It's best to have a super fast internet if you do it that way.  See the video here:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save-disk-space-with-onedrive-files-on-demand-for-windows-10

    With "Microsoft 365 Family" you can have up to 6 accounts with 1TB each for the whole family or for your multiple accounts.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-12T04:36:35+00:00

    Buying a larger hard drive or SSD will depend on your Laptop. Have you read all the information about your Laptop to see if it can be increased?

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