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

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• 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.

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

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  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.

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  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

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

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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).
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  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.

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  1. do you reinstall the operating system?
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• files and folders in the windows.old folder missing

  Recently, I updated my windows 8. (a day and a half)

  Today I was moving the content in the folder windows.old to the other locations, (4 ~ 5 h ago)

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  Hi Junwhan,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I can understand the importance of data could be in the Windows.old folder and we regret the inconvenience.

  Yes, Windows 8 has a new timer feature which will automatically delete Windows.old files after a period of 4 weeks since the upgrade. The idea is to avoid the waste of space giving you plenty of time to get what you need out of the folder and delete those that sit for months or even years.

  Since it's just been 1-2 days of update process, you can activate the "hidden objects" to see if the Windows.old files appear.

  As you open the file Explorer, click view and check the hidden items

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  If you use the default, Windows Defender (WD) on Windows 8.1 then WD has real-time analysis allow by default. Refer to this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/wiki/protect_defender-protect_start/windows-defender-on-windows-8-introduction-and/f1e00106-6687-4efe-9ec0-ed9f72fabb92

  Check the history of Windows Defender:

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  2. Click Windows Defender.

  3. Click the history tab, and then click Details.

  4. Check Date and time if you find any virus.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

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• 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.

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  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.

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  You have formatted your partition of hole or C only
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  To move your personal files from the previous installation of Windows 7 folders, follow these steps:

  1. Locate the Windows.old folder, and open the following folder:
     Users\ directoryUserName
  2. Right-click the Documents folder and then click Rename. Rename the My Documents folder.
  3. Right click on the music folder and then click Rename. Rename the My Music folder.
  4. Right-click the images folder and then click Rename. Rename the folder my pictures.
  5. Press in and hold the CTRL key and click to select all the files in the user folder. Then, press CTRL + X to move the items in the users folder to the Clipboard in Windows 7.
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  7. Click on paste.

  More information visit the site

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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.