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Free Disk Space to Resolve "Not Enough Space on Drive"

Summary: This article describes resolving the "Not enough space on drive" error that occurs when attempting to download large files from Dell online applications such as Dell operating system recovery images. ...

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Symptoms

If you are downloading a large file through a Dell online application such as Dell operating system recovery image, you may receive a "Not enough space on drive" error.

Cause

This is normally due to a space limitation on the drive that files are being saved to. Some recovery images available for download can exceed 8GB in size.

Resolution

To correct this error, you may need to free up additional disk space on the hard drive. Learn How to Free up Disk Space in Microsoft Windows.

Article Properties
Article Number: 000147384
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2024
Version:  7
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