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• 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)
  
   
  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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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.

• 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?

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

  I have a h8-1000z HP running Windows 8 Pro (a domestic installation). I recently cloned just my hard drive to a Hitachi 1 TB to a 120 GB Intel SSD Cherryville. Such a small disc, I'm looking to get as much room I can release. My windows.old folder is about 10 GB of space lost at the moment. I tried to adjust the ownership of the folder and the files contained in conjunction with change permissions. My account is an administrator account, but even when I adjust the permissions to allow full access to the admins, I always get the following error message:

  File access denied
  You need permission to perform this action
  You need authorization of josh-HP\Administrators to make changes to this file.
  (josh-HP is the name of my rig).
  I tried to give permissions to users, administrator, administrators, and all, but nothing seems to work. I even tried to delete the file in safe mode, nothing works. If anyone has any recommendations he could do, my ears are large open.
  Josh Cunningham
  Student and Tech Junky

  Hello

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

  How to remove the "Windows.old" folder in Windows 8 (several methods)
  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2527-Windows-old-folder-delete-Windows-8-a.html

  How to recover files from the Windows.old folder
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/restore-files-upgrade-Windows-old

  ================================

  If necessary:

  1. open a command prompt (Admin)
  
  Since the office - key Windows + X, or right-click in the lower left-
  Command prompt (Admin); OR in the screen start just start typing CMD
  or in the Menu of charms - research - Apps - CMD-> and right-click on it.
  then on low screen "Run as Administrator".

  2 prompt probably like C:\Windows\System32 >

  This type at the prompt, and then press ENTER.

  CD\

  Now, the line should look like C:\ >

  3: This type at the prompt, and then press ENTER.

  Windows.old DIR

  Should resemble C:\>DIR Windows.old

  It should return

  C:\Windows.old directory

  and view the contents of Windows.old

  It's just to make sure that the Windows.old folder is under C: (drive C) - if she does not STOP

  4 this type at the prompt, and then press ENTER.

  Attrib - r - / s has s h Windows.old

  Should look like C:\>Attrib/s - r - a s h Windows.old
  (there are SPACES between Attrib and / s and r - and - a and -s-h and Windows.old)

  He should return to the prompt C:\ if it shows and ERROR and STOP - then check the command
  and if it has been entered correctly you are not in the right place.

  5 this type at the prompt, and then press ENTER.

  RD/s Windows.old

  Should resemble C:\>RD/s Windows.old
  (there are SPACES between the RD /s and Windows.old)

  Return Windows.old, are your sure Y/N Y type

  (If you get a message that you have no property rights then type this command
  "and press ENTER.)

  TAKEOWN /f Windows.old/a/r

  and repeat step 5 - were you using an elevated command prompt?

  6: This type at the prompt, and then press ENTER.

  Windows.old DIR

  Should look like C:\>DIR Windows.old - and press ENTER.

  It should return

  Directory of C:\

  File not found

  Which confirms that it is gone.

  7 close the COMMAND window

  I hope this helps.

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• should I delete the windows.old and $WINDOWS. ~ BT file?

  I need to upgrade to windows 8.1 in my laptop. but it requires little space. So I need to delete unwanted files. is it safe to delete windows.old and $WINDOWS. ~ BT file?

  If you don't no need for data and do not need to reverse, you can remove both by running the Disk Cleanup Wizard

• VM not releasing a space between Windows 7 deleted files (windows.old)

  I have an upgrade to windows 7, I bought, and I also have the disk installation, but windows 7 makes me upgrading to vista 64-bit.  I basically install vista 64-bit and in the end upward with a 8 GB or VM.  Then I do the upgrade to windows 7 and my windows.old folder, I'm about 20 GB.  I need to get this to 10 GB or less.  I can delete the folder windows.old together with or without using the recycle bin feature.  I may stop or suspend several times.  Windows 7 sees that he has a 40 GB partition and uses about 10 GB of it.  The problem is that my virtual machine is always 20 GB on my mac.  No matter what I seem to do, I can't delete those data.  I'd like to just cleanly install windows 7 but it wont let me since I was an upgrade, it makes me actually upgraded to vista.  He can not update me for XP or even use this installer since XP is 32-bit.  I don't have all the data on the virtual computer, I want to just end up with a cost of windows 7 64 - bit VM without data on it, but that takes only 8-10 GB on the mac (or less).

  I also tried cleaning the virtual machine and it helps not at all. VMware fusion 3.0 does not get the memo from windows, these files have been deleted actually.  Does anyone else have this problem?

  I'm under VMWare fusion 3.0.0 (204229) under Mac OS X 10.6.2 on a Macbook pro system, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB Solid State HD.

  I tried to delete these files many times by reinstalling windows from scratch, then I started the backup of the VM and try to delete the files using various methods (with trash, not trash, etc.) and I'm never able to get VMware to clean virtual machine.

  All you have to do is just create a virtual machine in Windows 7 and you walk through the Wizard New VM just to leave the empty Windows product key on the Easy Install sheet and keep moving forward.

  Then once you have installed VMware Tools just follow the steps in Clean install Windows 7 with upgrade media to activate Windows.

• 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)

  I think you can remove...
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• 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

• 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.

• Windows xp will not let me Delete window .old

  Well, I went back to windows xp because Windows 7 is just a mistake and a waste of money...
  When I want to delete my window.old * the file is not called window.old its window xp, one called WINDOW.0)

  I have never a clean install because my portable hard drive broke... so I had to make the long and old fashion way...
  I recover my files but when I go to disk cleanup it says the old file window 7 is 3.35 GB what is 15,45 gb

  but I carried on, but when its like 3 minutes in cleaning it goes without reason... * I tried this about 1 million times *.

  If I right click on the file that has windows 7 junk...
  Tap on delete, and then press Yes

  It immediately says access denied... This blah blah to file you can remove

  How can I fix!

  Well, I went back to windows xp because Windows 7 is just a mistake and a waste of money...
  When I want to delete my window.old * the file is not called window.old its window xp, one called WINDOW.0)

  I have never a clean install because my portable hard drive broke... so I had to make the long and old fashion way...
  I recover my files but when I go to disk cleanup it says the old file window 7 is 3.35 GB what is 15,45 gb

  but I carried on, but when its like 3 minutes in cleaning it goes without reason... * I tried this about 1 million times *.

  If I right click on the file that has windows 7 junk...
  Tap on delete, and then press Yes

  It immediately says access denied... This blah blah to file you can remove

  How can I fix!

  "How to get help from volunteers on a Microsoft forum" is not the title of any book you write, huh?

  I'm not real - you inthat definitively described - but if you're running Windows XP and get access denied to a file/folder - it's an easy thing to fix.  They even wrote an Article in the Knowledge Base on this subject...

  How to capture a file or a folder in Windows XP
     http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308421

  Reading * carefully *-not just browse the page and start following the steps.

  There is important information it dependent on the version of Windows XP

  Also - can clarify you that, means «I never have a clean install because my portable hard drive broke... so I had to make the long and old fashion way...» » ?  A clean installation * is * the mode long and ancient way.  :-)

• What happens if I delete the folder "windows.old"?

  I upgraded my windows Vista. Now on the local drive, I can see a "windows.old" folder that does not use a lot of space. What happens if I delete this file?

  Hi Alexandre Reddy.

  The files that were used in your previous version windows are stored in the theWindows.old folder. Remove the Windows.old folder will not cause any problem you have taken a backup of the previous files as well as all the important files.

  See the article mentioned below and follow the steps to remove the folder.

  How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after the installation of Windows Vista:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527

  Kind regards
  Afzal Taher - Microsoft Support
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• Can I delete system files from Windows.old after format?

  I reformatted my computer recently and I usually remove the Windows.old folder. What I never understood are system files that it contains. Can I remove them?

  Whenever I've upgraded to Windows 7 I reformatted and delete the windows.old folder and files system for Vista and had no problem, but he never did with the same program. So is it safe or should they be not deleted?

  Hello

  Remember there is nothing in the Windows.old folder or its subfolders you need before
  you remove.

  How to remove the Windows.old folder in Windows 7
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/19151-Windows-old-folder-delete.html

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

  How to remove the Windows.old folder that is generated when you perform a custom
  Windows Vista Setup (also Windows 7)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us

  How to remove and delete the folder Windows.old on Vista or Windows 7
  http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/delete-Windows-old-removal.aspx

  I hope this helps.

• delete windows.old

  I upgraded Windows 10 on my Jet 7 HP. However, now drive C is dangerously low on space. I tried to delete Windows.old, but many items require authorization of the system to do. I'm the administrator, the file seems to be configured to allow me, administrator and full access to the system, but I can't delete this folder. Y at - it something to remove it?

  Hello:

  Yes, there is.

  Run the disk cleanup utility.

  Once you get to the disk cleanup window, click the button files cleaning system on the lower left side of the window.

  The utility will run again and display the same window, but now you will be able to check the box of files from a previous Installation of Windows (as well as the other boxes to check), and you will then be able to get rid of the Window.old file.

  Note: If you do this, you will not be able to easily return to the previous operating system, so make sure you W10 works right in all respects before you delete 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.