Solved Is it safe to delete my windows.old folder?

[Jacano]

I recently just re-installed Windows 7 because basically it became very corrupt, now it's no longer corrupt and I have a Windows.old folder and I was wondering if it's even necessary to have it now? So is it safe to delete it? Because it consumes A LOT of space on my computer.

 

[MilesAhead]

If you are sure you don't want any files from it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19151-windows-old-folder-delete.html

It's a tough folder to copy to a backup drive. The only thing I found that would handle it is RichCopy

Otherwise you just watch Explorer counting the files for 5 hours.
But most of the stuff is files under the old Program Files and old system files. It won't hurt your system to delete it.

 

[Jacano]

If you are sure you don't want any files from it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19151-windows-old-folder-delete.html

It's a tough folder to copy to a backup drive. The only thing I found that would handle it is RichCopy

Otherwise you just watch Explorer counting the files for 5 hours.
But most of the stuff is files under the old Program Files and old system files. It won't hurt your system to delete it.

Thank you so much! <3