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Windows 7 - Installed windows more than once, help
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| 11-06-2009 | #1 |
| | Installed windows more than once, help So I was installing win 7, and call me stupid, but my power went out, forgot to plug it in. So the next time I just began from the beginning, but I noticed that the harddrive had less space than the first time. Now when looking into program I have two "windows old" files. So where are all the extra files that came due to installing twice? Are they only in the other windows old file? |
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| 11-06-2009 | #2 |
| | Yes, anything that was present after the botched install would be in the second windows.old directory. |
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| 11-06-2009 | #3 |
| | Alright cool. I'm confused now though. I have "Windows.old" and "Windows.old.000", so the 0000 ought to be the newer one, but the "Windows.old" seems to list all the programs I previously had, which "Windows.old.000" does not. "Windows.old" is 40gigs+ And "Windows.old.000" is only 7,9 gigs" So should I delete the "Windows.old.000"? |
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| 11-06-2009 | #4 |
| | The most recent will always be windows.old; any previous windows.old directories are renamed. The difference in size may be related to the botched install attempt. I guess that not everything was moved over when the install failed. I would review both directories before deleting any files. FYI - you can't right click and select delete. You have to use the disk cleanup option and remove the directories that way. |
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| 11-06-2009 | #5 |
| | Why is that? It appears to work to right click and select delete... |
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| 11-06-2009 | #6 |
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| 11-06-2009 | #7 |
| | I know that you are ok, but you may want to reinstall or do a repair install, before you activate. |
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| 11-07-2009 | #8 |
| | +1 Repair install is a simple Upgrade over the current Windows 7 installation. It keeps everything in place but reinstalls the OS under it. Hopefully you know how Windows 7 should run, but if not it should never bog or hang, be feather light and instantaneous. If not, a repair install would assure nothing was compromised with the borked install. |
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| 11-07-2009 | #9 |
| | I've sucessfully removed the windows old folders via diskcleanup, everything is lightning fast and working perfectly. Still think I should do the repair install? If yes, how do I do it? Do I just run the installation and it gives me the option or do I boot from the disc or what? Thanks |
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| 11-07-2009 | #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by FreshSam  I've sucessfully removed the windows old folders via diskcleanup, everything is lightning fast and working perfectly. Still think I should do the repair install? If yes, how do I do it? Do I just run the installation and it gives me the option or do I boot from the disc or what? Thanks |
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