Remove the "Windows.old" folder that is created in the C drive, after an upgrade to Windows 7 to 8?

Original title: upgrade of Windows 8.

Upgrade Windows 8 (starting from Windows 7) created a folder called "Windows.old" on my C:\ drive.

This folder can be deleted?

As long as your personal files were transferred successfully to Windows 8, Yes, you can remove it.

See:

How to delete Windows.old folder - Microsoft Windows

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