deleting WINDOWS.0, Windows.old, and WINDOWS_old

[tonypham]

I just installed Windows 7 and I thought it had reformatted my master drive, but it turns out I didn't? I think what was left from my original Installation was left in Windows.old, but there's also WINDOWS_old and WINDOWS.0. I'm not sure which is which honestly or how i should go about cleaning up my computer. I installed a fresh windows 7 installation with 2 GB of free space on a 40 Gb HDD

 

[richc46]

This will help

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

Clean install is always best, you may want to think about that, before you begin using and downloading programs etc.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-version.html?filter[2]=General Tips

 

[Brink]

Hello Tony,

You can right click on them and click on delete, or use Disk Cleanup as in the tutorial below to delete them.

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

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[MacGyvr]

You may want to consider going back and doing a complete clean install. Those folders indicate that you may have done an upgrade, which in many cases leads to problems such as performance issues.

 

[tonypham]

clean install complete. thanks guys

 

[richc46]

You are very welcome. You made the right decision.