I can't delete my Windows.old folder because of file permissions.

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• How to delete Windows.old, I can't delete the Windows.old folder after doing a system recovery

  I have changed the ownership of the folder but still cannot delete as usual windows can only slow progress.

  The following may help: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder?

• Cannot delete the Windows.old folder

  Original title: when starting to write %systemdrive%\ and when write % WinDir % I have a windows.old file. How do I delete this file with the right path and the directory within the hour? When do right click I don't have option and is not simply to remove

  The question about the title.

  Hello
  1. do you reinstall the operating system?
  2. If so, was your previous Windows XP operating system?
  Windows.Old is created when the operating system is reinstalled. It may contain important data of the installation previous this is why it is advisable to back up the data before you delete the Windows.old folder.
   
  Simple is to delete the Windows.old folder using disk cleanup.
   
  How can I remove the Windows.old folder?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder
  (Link is mainly for Windows 7, but must also be good for Windows VIsta)
  
   
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• Hello... can I remove the windows.old folder?

  IM installing my windows 8 from the installation of costum (im not not formatting my hard drives).
  some of the software I used was installed there. but since unneed software is much more software I've used, I want to
  to remove this file... it is therefore normal to remove this folder? If so, how?

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

  No need to worry, we're here to help you and guide you in the right direction.

  The windows.old folder is the old system files. Be sure to copy all the files that you can out of the Windows.old folder before you delete it. Once deleted, they are gone. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps.

  The Windows.old folder contains the following folders:

  • Windows
  • "Documents and Settings".
  • "Program Files."

  The Windows folder stores mainly programs and files that are required to run the previous version of Windows.

  The "Documents and Settings" folder stores mainly the 'My Documents' folder and the Favorites folder. In addition, the "Documents and Settings" folder stores the office files that have been used by the previous version of Windows.

  The "Program Files" folder stores mainly programs have been installed on the earlier version of Windows.

  There are two ways to delete the windows.old folder. Here is the simple step.

  Method 1: Delete the C drive.

  (a) open Windows Explorer, click computer.

  (b) select C drive and you will find the Windows.old folder.

  (c) make a right click on the folder and click Remove.

   

  Method 2: Remove the "Windows.old" folder using disk cleanup

  (a) open Disk Cleanup by clicking on the button Windows + C to open the bar of charms. Click on the charm of the Search .

  (b) type cleanmgr in Search Applications box in the right pane, and then click cleanmgr.exe (disk cleanup) in the left pane to open it.

  (c) If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  (d) in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click clean up system files.

  (e) If you are again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  (f) select the Previous Windows installations check box and the other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  (g) in the message that appears, click delete files.

  Let us know the status of the issue. If you need help, I'll be more than happy to help you.

• Delete the windows.old folder/files? And what is their purpose?

  Remove the windows.old folder?  What is the purpose of this anyway?

  The windows.old folder contains the files of the previous OS. (aka if you upgrade to win7 Vista, the windows.old folder contains the old Vista OS)

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• Is it safe to delete the Windows.old folder?

  Original title: after you have reinstalled Windows 7, it is safe to delete my window.old files? & one more question...

  It is said during the deletion process if I do this will damage my computer.

  -J' I re installed windows due to a Partition problem earlier, and today I realized that I had these old files from a previous installation (same drive)
  It is safe to delete these files? Thank you.
  In addition, my HDD was reduced in size considerably, from more than 50%. (C:). It was 1 to when I got it, but after you have reinstalled Windows because of a problem, I am now made it is 451 GB.
  Thank you in advance.

  Hi Conner,

  Thanks for keeping us posted and share this information with us.

  As Palcouk suggested, you can remove the "Windows.old" folder if you have saved data on the computer.

  It is not possible for the drive to shrink. I would like you to check the amount of space on the hard disk after you remove the Windows.old folder.

  Let us know if you have other questions about Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• Why am I unable to delete the windows.old folder

  I was using windows 7. For some reason any I reinstalled it without formatting my data and now I am unable to remove the windows.old folder in c:\. I want to remove it please help me...

  Run the Disk Cleanup Wizard. that it removes.

• I can trash the Windows.old folder?

  If I'm happy to stay with Windows 10, I can delete the Windows.old folder? It contains 126 956 and 30.1 GB files.

  If I do not need, could reclaim that space.

  Hello:

  If you are absolutely sure you don't need all the files in this folder and that you're absolutely sure that you do not want to return to your previous operating system (or you have recovery discs that can give in any case), then Yes you can delete the Windows.old folder.

  Here's how...

  Run the disk cleanup utility.  Let him do the disk cleanup window.

  Then on the left side of the bottom of the window, click clean up system files.

  Then he turns again and arrives at the disk cleanup window, and you can check all the boxes to remove the files.  One of them will be the windows.old folder.

• Can delete us windows.old and windows.old.000?

  HIII, are these important files? These files come when there are 2 or 3 windows on the same computer. How can I see how many windows is on my computer? PL help

   

  If you upgraded from an older operating system, you get a windows.old folder, just in case you are not satisfied with your files and settings.

  How can I remove the windows.old folder?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

• Is it safe to restore the Windows.old folder?

  BACKGROUND:

  I have a Dell Studio 540 in Windows Vista Ultimate which suddenly crashed, then wouldn't restart, saying: "no available boot device." Apparently, the hard drive boot sector had been corrupted. After of the painstaking efforts to save as many as possible training and have unsuccessfully using CHKDSK or Seagate tools to repair the drive, I finally resorted to a clean reinstall using the Dell OEM Windows Vista reinstallation disc. I chose the option to move all old files/folders in a folder Windows.old and I am now able to start Windows. However, all settings prerequisites, programs, files and folders from the previous installation are still in the Windows.old folder. For now, I run a full CHKDSK again (and he says 'Corrupt file attribute Deleting the file record segment X X' so I hope that some repairs happens)...
  But what I would do, if possible and if it will not cause problems, use the instructions in this MS support article "how to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista." But before I do that, my question is the following:
  QUESTION:
  If I had to do a reinstall of Vista due to damage/corruption of the hard drive, and if all what information has been moved to the folder Windows.old during this process, is it possible that restore the folder Windows.old to the previous installation would restore any damage/corruption existed, thus causing the problem to return or make things worse? Or should I not worry about the restoration of the old "problem"?

  Hello

  You can use the restore feature if the previous installation was good.

  It is not in your case; If this isn't an option for you.

  You can use the windows.old folder to retrieve your data.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  But the programs must be reinstalled form the original media.

  And when you're done with the windows.olf folder you can delete.

  "How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after you install Windows Vista"

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527

  And it is perhaps an idea to run Dell Diagnostics and eventually replace your drive hard if it comes up with errors.

  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/systems/WS340/en/UG/DIAGS.htm

  See you soon.

• Remove the My Documents Windows.old folder

  I tried unsuccessfully to delete the windows.old folder and files. I used cleaning disc, using the rd as an administrator, even went safe mode but all without success. It is said several times that I'm not allowed to delete many files. Any help would be greatly appreciated this folder takes over 12 GB of my drive.

  Here is another method that I found for you. It seems to fit to your not having is not the scenario of permission. Open the link below, the 1st half is not good because you have already tried it.
  Scroll down the page until you see:
  Alternatively, you can also use a command prompt to delete files and folders from an earlier installation of Windows Vista.
  Start from there. Here is the link : http://www.winvistaclub.com/f36.html

  Note: in case you don't know what's guest...
  Start button > Search box, type cmd > right click on cmd.exe in the upper part, click Run as administrator.
  Now, try to follow the instructions in the link.
  Important: You will be asked to 'type' a few lines of command... Do not.
  Copy and paste the command line instead of the.
  Good luck.

  I've never had to do. If you have any problem with the instructions, I may or may not be able to help.
  Just to let you know.

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• Windows.Old folder

  -is it possible to remove the "Windows.old" folder since that he has already created a new folder "Windows"? What could be affected? It takes almost 20G of space.

  -can I also remove "Program" and "Program (x 86)" folder? It is basically duplicated after installing Win 7. When I tried, it says "You are not allowed..." »

  Really need advice of experts here. Thank you.

  Do NOT delete the "program" and "Program (x 86)" folder. Both are necessary.

  Windows.old on your C: drive

  Usually, but not always, after installation of Windows 7 you have a Windows.old folder on your C: drive that contains your files and data from the previous installation of Windows and allows you to go back to a previous version of Windows. Open Windows Explorer and under 'Computer' click the C: drive - if the Windows.old folder is on your hard drive, it will contain all of your files to the Windows system, and it can be removed if you do not need to free up space on your hard drive.

  If she's not here, make sure you can see the Windows.old folder:
  1. click on start, type: hidden
  2. click on 'display the hidden files and folders '.
  3. Click to select "show the hidden files and folders".
  4 uncheck the following three points:
  Hide empty drives
  Hide extensions of known file types
  Hide protected operating system files
  5. click OK and look for the folder
  (Note: after you are done go back and double check "Hide protected operating system files.") If you want to change the other return parameters are.)

  How can I remove the Windows.old folder?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

  If the Windows.old folder does not remove:
  In Windows Explorer, you should see a folder called Windows.old on your C: drive. That contains all of your files from your previous installation. If you need all the files, you can copy them to another folder and then delete Windows.old. If you do not need anything in the folder, it is safe to delete.

  Questions about installing Windows 7?
  FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions from Installation Windows 7 & responses

• Windows.Old folder after the installation of Windows 8 Pro?

  Can I remove the windows.old folder after Windows 8 Windows 7 installation? I deleted this folder when I installed Windows 7 from Vista.

  I used the facility for a few weeks now, and everything works fine. I wanted to just make sure I can delete these files. Can I save the folder to an external drive for guard duty; I just to free up hard drive space.

  Thanks for your help... Phil Springer

  Hi Phil

  Here are the steps to delete the Windows.old folder.

  Go to the desktop, press Windows key + R.

  In the Run dialog box, type cleanmgr.exe, and click OK.

  1. If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have Windows installed on and then click OK.

  2. in the dialog box disk cleanup, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click on clean up system files.

  If you are again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  3. Select the Previous Windows installations check box and any other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  4. click on delete files.

  Concerning

• Why Windows 8 allow me to remove the Windows.old folder?

  I upgraded my computer to Windows 7 to Windows 8, a few months ago, when Windows 8 came. It is my understanding that when you perform an upgrade of Windows from one version to the other, it can save a lot of files and folders under the folder Windows.old. And I understand that you can delete the Windows.old folder.

  In other words, I don't think.

  The reason why I do not think it is because whenever I tried to delete Windows.old, it stops for me with this error:

  

  And when I said to 'Try Again' he begins from the beginning? HE DOES ALL THIS TIME! This should not do this, as I did do procedure on other machines that I've updated and he's NEVER done that, but not on this machine? Why in hell does?

  Hi Rod

  You must use the disk cleanup utility to remove the Windows.old folder. See the following article for step by step instructions.

  How to remove the Windows.old folder

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/how-remove-Windows-old-folder

  Concerning

• Try to remove the Windows.old folder and receive 0x801F0004 error message.

  Error 0x801F0004, ban the fast i/o for this operation path

  Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 to the custom help, but do not reformat or distribution of the drive... found the orginal ok data and also a windows.old folder... impossible to remove completely this folder, even with hidden files, showing its empty but says 6 files are present... the mistake of deleting I get is... Error 0x801F0004, banning the path of fast i/o for this operation and will not delete the folder.  Any ideas on how to remove the windows.old folder?  Windows 7 works very well, if not more quickly then Vista.

  Hi L111,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!

  Try the following steps to delete the windows.old folder.

  1. open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then in the list of results, click Disk Cleanup.

  If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you installed Windows, and then click OK.

  2. in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click clean up system files.

  If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you installed Windows, and then click OK.

  3. Select the Previous Windows installations check box and the other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  4. in the message that appears, click delete files.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

  Hope this has been helpful.

  Kind regards
  Bindu S - Microsoft Support
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