Can not remove Windows.old

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  1. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 64x
       #1

    Can not remove Windows.old


    Hello

    After I did my clean install and all that I have tried to remove the windows.old folder but it says that it's no longer found there, yet it still shows up on my C drive.

    I did remove some stuff out of it ok, but the windows and user folders are still there or at least show up as being there anyway (in the windows.old folder).

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    Mat
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  2. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #2

    Hi Matt, welcome to the forums..

    Did you manually delete windows.old or did you use the disk cleanup method..
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  3. Posts : 5,807
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
       #3

    Take ownership of Windows.old

    Take Ownership Shortcut

    ...then try and delete it
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  4. Posts : 1,797
    Windows 7 Ulti. x64
       #4

    Try this tutorial. Windows.old Folder - Delete
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  5. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 64x
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks guys that's it fixed now. Or at least part of it. the 11GB windows file is gone but as you can see in the screen shot it will not let me remove the user file with these two files.

    At first i did remove some programs and stuff my self and just now I went though the disk clean up method.

    Thanks

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  6. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #6

    mats effect said:
    Hello

    After I did my clean install and all that I have tried to remove the windows.old folder but it says that it's no longer found there, yet it still shows up on my C drive.

    I did remove some stuff out of it ok, but the windows and user folders are still there or at least show up as being there anyway (in the windows.old folder).

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    Mat
    Hi mat

    All yoou need to do is to run the disk cleanup wizard and its gone

    Ken
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #7

    Take ownership of the files and then delete them... see Brinks tutorial -=> here
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  8. Posts : 89
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64(desktop), Windows 7 Professional x86(laptop)
       #8

    Run Disk Cleanup, as several others have suggested, it removed my 40GB windows.old in about 5 minutes
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  9. Posts : 4,663
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #9

    Does it matter? I've got two Windows.old folders.
    I've been in both taken what I wanted and deleted the rest and I'm under ten gig for both.
    They're not doing any harm are they?
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  10. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
       #10

    johnwillyums said:
    Does it matter? I've got two Windows.old folders.
    I've been in both taken what I wanted and deleted the rest and I'm under ten gig for both.
    They're not doing any harm are they?
    It isn't possible to have two folders with the same name unless there are data integrity issues on the hard drive.
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