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Error 9121: TurboTax needs at least X Mb free space for updates...

This message appears when you attempt to update TurboTax:

TurboTax needs at least [number of megabytes] MB of free disk space for updates. You currently have [number of megabytes] MB. Please free up some disk space in your [drive letter ] drive and try again.

Note: TurboTax needs space on your computer's C: drive (where your operating system resides), even if you install TurboTax on a different drive.

To resolve this issue, run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter, and then try to update TurboTax:


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