I Installed win 7 home premium 64 bit over my old win7 hp 64. when finished I found it took 150GB. I then formatted. and custom installed win 7 hp 64, clean. took 45GB so okay. However I still have windows 7 old files. what to do now.
Hello Robie, and welcome to Seven Forums.
If there's nothing in the C:\Windows.old folder you want to copy back, then it's perfectly safe to delete if you like. The Windows.old folder is just a copy of your previous installation's files to serve as a backup.
Windows.old Folder - Delete
Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
Windows should only take up 18-20 GBs. You did not choose custom during the install or you did not format it properly. Before you start installing all your software I would re install windows.
Follow these steps to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
Like everyone is saying, clean re-install and then run a disk cleanup to delete system and temporary files. If there is a Windows.old file still, that should clean it up.
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