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ATFGunr
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3 years ago

Re: Update Probems - how much storage?

@lzilchetl The update when I did it was only 1.07GB or there about. EA recommends having 100 GB free when first downloading, although I don’t think it’s that large. (Not at pc will check physical size later). Interwebs indicates it’s 46-50GB. Did you try doing a repair then updating?

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  • lzilchetl's avatar
    lzilchetl
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @ATFGunr After overnight scans spent the morning so far deleting a virus that was eating up my storage, but still need to recover the lost GBs! But sort of answered part of the problem. I've got that new EA launcher that does not offer repair (not that I can find anyway) and the original Origin isn't available anymore. I've managed to claw back around 4GB so far but usually run with 15 - 20 GB free - but this has never stopped updates to date. The EA app insists that the update needs 72GB. Even after clearing 4GB from the drive, the launcher still says I only have 27Mb.

    Thanks for that anyway.... need to get some work done... but will run scans and clean-up over the day and probably reinstall the launcher. A bloody pain though!
  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @lzilchetl You’ll find repair under the “manage” button, it will open another menu. EA App isn’t super intuitive lol. Good luck.
  • Anobix's avatar
    Anobix
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @lzilchetl If you found a virus it may be worth reformatting and installing windows fresh...

    That said, you can try running Windows Disk Cleanup utility [as admin] and have it clear up old windows installs [did you recently upgrade to 11? if so, it will have old Win10 files still there for either 30 or 90 days] as well as old updates.
  • lzilchetl's avatar
    lzilchetl
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Anobix wrote:
    @lzilchetlIf you found a virus it may be worth reformatting and installing windows fresh...

    That said, you can try running Windows Disk Cleanup utility [as admin] and have it clear up old windows installs [did you recently upgrade to 11? if so, it will have old Win10 files still there for either 30 or 90 days] as well as old updates.
    Thanks, I went for a Windows reset, but had to uninstall BF2042 before I did that as the reset needs some spare space before it can run. All good now and I have my storage back and waiting for BF2042 to finish download (7hours apparently - that ADSL for you!) I might get a game tonight.... usually polish off most of the weekly missions on Tuesday night!

     

    Thank for getting back to me. I'vd had WIN 11 for quite a while, and spent hours deleting Creative Cloud apps and others to create space, but every time I created space the storage  filled up again. Nasty virus!

    But nice clean machine now!

  • lzilchetl's avatar
    lzilchetl
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @ATFGunr wrote:
    @lzilchetlYou’ll find repair under the “manage” button, it will open another menu. EA App isn’t super intuitive lol. Good luck.

    The repair option wasn't showing, only the "manage option" option. But guessing, there would be no sense in offering that for an app that has started an installation. I'll look there first net time (next time?!)

    Thanks

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