Where is it?


  1. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit
       #1

    Where is it?


    During the installation of Windows 7 the computer shuts down and restarts automatically however instead of following the instructions and allow my PC to proceed in an orderly fashion I had a senior moment and thought it had 'frozen' so hit the 'enter' key to start the whole process again - very silly I know. Message came up telling me that there was an existing version on the HD and that this would be 'archived'.

    Well the installation went swimmingly and all is well however I have the archived version on the HD 'somewhere' and I would like to know the following: -

    1 How do I go about finding it on the HD?
    2 and then deleting it?
    3 or is best to leave well alone even though it is taking up disc space?
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  2. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #2

    Look for a Windows.old folder. In your case it should be fine to just delete it. There shouldn't be anything in there that you need or want.

    Windows.old Folder - Delete
    Last edited by Brink; 27 Sep 2010 at 09:45. Reason: added link
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  3. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    alphanumeric said:
    Look for a Windows.old folder. In your case it should be fine to just delete it. There shouldn't be anything in there that you need or want.

    Windows.old Folder - Delete
    Many thanks to you both, done and dusted:)
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