Free Up Laptop Space for World of Warcraft (~100 GB+) — Quick Steps & Hardware Upgrades

World of Warcraft requires ~100 GB+ (Dragonflight + patches).

Quick Space Recovery

1. Analyze: Win+I → System → Storage (Windows 10/11) or WinDirStat / TreeSize Free.
2. Clean: Empty Recycle Bin, %temp%, Downloads folder, Windows Update Cleanup (Disk Cleanup → Clean up system files).
3. Uninstall: Remove unused apps (Win+I → Apps → Installed apps).
4. Move: Media (photos, videos) to external SSD/HDD or cloud (OneDrive/Google Drive).
5. Game Location: Install WoW on a secondary internal SSD or fast external USB 3.0/3.1 SSD.

Hardware Upgrade (Best Performance)

• Replace HDD with NVMe SSD (check laptop manual for M.2 slot).
• Add 16 GB+ RAM if < 16 GB.

Backup first!