Upgraded to Windows 7 XP, have just a few questions.

Hi all! I installed my Windows XP to Windows 7 64 - Bit via the custom on the DVD Setup.

I am in place and running, but notice that my hard drive is full almost half and I also see that there is a windows.old folder with all my computer stuff, when he was with XP. So, here come the questions:

1 is the half-full hard drive, because all my old stuff, including programs, seem to be in the windows.old folder?
2. is it safe to delete the windows.old folder?
3. If I delete windows.old, it uninstalls everything it seems to have installed inside, such as games, to free up hard disk space?

Thank you all!

Hi all! I installed my Windows XP to Windows 7 64 - Bit via the custom on the DVD Setup.

I am in place and running, but notice that my hard drive is full almost half and I also see that there is a windows.old folder with all my computer stuff, when he was with XP. So, here come the questions:

1 is the half-full hard drive, because all my old stuff, including programs, seem to be in the windows.old folder?

The Windows.old folder is probably a major contributor to this. This is a backup in case your data has not been transferred. You can retrieve all the data you have in there, then delete:

You can then retrieve your personal files from the Windows.old folder and reinstall all of your applications and drivers.

http://notebooks.com/2010/11/09/how-to-recover-documents-music-and-email-after-upgrading-with-the-Windows-old-folder/

2. is it safe to delete the windows.old folder?

Yes

3. If I delete windows.old, it uninstalls everything it seems to have installed inside, such as games, to free up hard disk space?

The programs and records of program files that see you in it are unusable and cannot be used in Windows 7.

Thank you all!

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