Solved Too Many Windows.old Folders in C:

[gdawg65]

Hi,

After upgrading from Vista to Win 7 and re-installing Win 7 several times I have 8 "Windows.old" folders on my "C:" drive and they all seem to be duplicates. What is the best way to delete the duplicates? I have tried a few "Duplicate File Finders" but none of them have done what they promise. Most claim to have found many duplicates and for a fee will delete them (price is around $30 US dollars). Is there a less expensive option? One even claimed to be free for personal use but after supposedly deleting duplicates for approximately 8 hours it didn't delete anything. I believe it claimed to have found 190K+ duplicates. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[bobkn]

If you don't wish to retain any of the windows.old folders, run the disk cleanup utility. It can delete them. (I don't recall whether there's a separate checkbox for windows.old, but it should be obvious.)

 

[theog]

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

 

[gdawg65]

Thank you bobkn and theog. It worked like a charm. It freed-up approx. 60GB. I sure do appreciate all of your help.

 

[theog]

Well done.

You are welcome.