Windows 10 Amount Of Space Needed

I have a windows 7 desktop and currently have 300gb free of a 465gb hard disk.

If I upgrade to windows 10, will this be enough not just to upgrade but to run all the updates over coming years ?

A general point also is whenever you update these updates from microsoft, some of them have been 100 - 200 mb or more, how do they impact on your hard drive space, there must come a point where it is full or does it delete old files as it goes ?

 

Dont upgrade......Back up everything important, then format and clean install Win10 is my advice.

Utilize the whole 465gb which is plenty for the 10 install.....Its the third party software applications you install after this that beckon space!

 

If you want to "test" Win 10 on your PC without deleting your current Win 7 install, I'd buy a separate hard drive or solid state drive (SSD) or use a known good one you currently have.

An SSD will dramatically increase boot and access speeds, even on an older PC. You can get a decent 240GB one from Amazon as low as $28. If Win 10 works out for you, you can convert your old drive for system backups or additional storage. If you don't like Win 10, you've haven't lost any data or software - simply get some disk cloning software, move your current Win 7 setup to the SSD and then use the old drive for system backups or additional storage.

On a Win 10 test, you can download an image file directly from Microsoft (USB is best). It will give you a grace period of at least a few days to be sure it works on your PC before it requires purchasing a license. I have upgraded dozens of desktop PCs from Win 7 to Win 10 and have had very few problems doing so.

Just be aware that, if you do any fresh install of Win 10, you will also have to reinstall (and have the license codes for) any programs you have such as MS-Office, anti-virus, etc.

Hope this helps.