Windows.old folder

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I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives, and have
almost have a clean machine from which i am now running Windows Vista Home
Basic.

However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data, which i am
happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called Windows.old (in C:) ,
this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard drive space. I would normally
simply press shift+delete to try and get rid of this, but scared this might
mess things up. should i be doing this in a more proper way?

Thanks
 
zakfalls said:
I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives,
and have almost have a clean machine from which i am now running
Windows Vista Home Basic.

However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data,
which i am happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called
Windows.old (in C:) , this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard
drive space. I would normally simply press shift+delete to try and
get rid of this, but scared this might mess things up. should i be
doing this in a more proper way?

Thanks
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Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

(933212) How to remove the Windows.old
folder that is generated when you perform a
custom installation of Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us

(930527) How to use the Disk Cleanup feature
to delete the Windows.old folder after you install
Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us

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zakfalls said:
I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives, and have
almost have a clean machine from which i am now running Windows Vista Home
Basic.

However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data, which i am
happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called Windows.old (in C:) ,
this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard drive space. I would normally
simply press shift+delete to try and get rid of this, but scared this might
mess things up. should i be doing this in a more proper way?

Thanks
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as long as there is nothing you need in the folder, it may be safely deleted
 
John Inzer said:
=====================================
Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

(933212) How to remove the Windows.old
folder that is generated when you perform a
custom installation of Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us

(930527) How to use the Disk Cleanup feature
to delete the Windows.old folder after you install
Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us
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The disk cleanup feature is also useful for removing an unused hibernation
file!
 
you can safely delete windows.old folder. It is just your old windows xp
installation.
 
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