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Windows 7 - Windows.old Folder - Delete
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| 08-02-2009 | #59 |
| | Windows.old Folder - Delete Last edited by Brink; 01-18-2012 at 02:52 PM.. |
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| 07-07-2011 | #60 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by karlsnooks  Shawn, Thanks. I had meant to say RD rather than delete, which as you pointed out doesn't have the force option. My real question was whether I could simply by logging in under an administrative account, running cmd as administrator, get rid of windows.old using RD. If I had one on this laptop, I'd try myself. Just didn't know whether this wasn't a feasibility.  Last edited by Brink; 07-07-2011 at 02:26 PM.. Reason: added quote |
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| 07-07-2011 | #61 |
| | Shawn, Thanks. Now I've got to find someone with a windows.old folder who has saved out everything they need and see what damage I can do. karl |
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| 07-07-2011 | #62 |
| | LOL.  |
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| 09-15-2011 | #63 |
| | How safe is this? I didn't realize I have almost 12.4 GB worth of files in the Previous Windows Installation Folder. I think most of those are Vista files though. I can't recall if I ever had XP on my laptop. |
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| 09-15-2011 | #64 |
| | Hello Pragnesh, Yes, this will be for the C:\Windows.old folder that contains all the files from your previous installation in it. If there's nothing in there that you would like to copy back into Windows 7, then yes it's perfectly safe to have deleted through Disk Cleanup to regain the HDD space it is taking up. |
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| 09-15-2011 | #65 |
| | Yeah I'll just do it. I just checked and it's all vista files from about 5 years ago which I definitely do not need because I AM NOT planning to go back to Vista. In any case, all my important files are always backed up, and even if something happens to my computer, I always prefer to do a Clean install and start from scratch. |
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| 09-15-2011 | #66 |
| | Good deal then. |
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| 02-08-2012 | #67 |
| | thanks. got a bit more disc space now |
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| 02-08-2012 | #68 |
| | You're welcome Wahrfor, and welcome to Seven Forums. |
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| 02-08-2012 | #69 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brink You're welcome Wahrfor, and welcome to Seven Forums. |
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