My laptop is really slow, can I delete a folder named windows.old.

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  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?

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

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us

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  Did you read my response on how to remove the windows.old folder?

  "How do I remove the Windows.old folder?

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

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  2. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click 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 on OK.

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