Windows.old folder

I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives, and have
almost have a clean machine from which i am now running Windows Vista Home
Basic.

However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data, which i am
happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called Windows.old (in C ,
this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard drive space. I would normally
simply press shift+delete to try and get rid of this, but scared this might
mess things up. should i be doing this in a more proper way?

Thanks

zakfalls wrote:
> I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives,
> and have almost have a clean machine from which i am now running
> Windows Vista Home Basic.
>
> However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data,
> which i am happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called
> Windows.old (in C , this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard
> drive space. I would normally simply press shift+delete to try and
> get rid of this, but scared this might mess things up. should i be
> doing this in a more proper way?
>
> Thanks
=====================================
Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

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

(930527) How to use the Disk Cleanup feature
to delete the Windows.old folder after you install
Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us

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"zakfalls" <zakfalls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsE6B839C-BABC-4CAF-82CA-CBC650362E95@microsoft.com...
> I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives, and
have
> almost have a clean machine from which i am now running Windows Vista Home
> Basic.
>
> However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data, which i
am
> happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called Windows.old (in C ,
> this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard drive space. I would normally
> simply press shift+delete to try and get rid of this, but scared this
might
> mess things up. should i be doing this in a more proper way?
>
> Thanks
>
>


as long as there is nothing you need in the folder, it may be safely deleted

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:Of1PONSlIHA.5396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> zakfalls wrote:
> > I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives,
> > and have almost have a clean machine from which i am now running
> > Windows Vista Home Basic.
> >
> > However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data,
> > which i am happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called
> > Windows.old (in C , this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard
> > drive space. I would normally simply press shift+delete to try and
> > get rid of this, but scared this might mess things up. should i be
> > doing this in a more proper way?
> >
> > Thanks
> =====================================
> Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
>
> (933212) How to remove the Windows.old
> folder that is generated when you perform a
> custom installation of Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933212/en-us
>
> (930527) How to use the Disk Cleanup feature
> to delete the Windows.old folder after you install
> Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us



The disk cleanup feature is also useful for removing an unused hibernation
file!

you can safely delete windows.old folder. It is just your old windows xp
installation.
"zakfalls" <zakfalls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsE6B839C-BABC-4CAF-82CA-CBC650362E95@microsoft.com...
>I have finally managed to get rid of everything from my hard drives, and
>have
> almost have a clean machine from which i am now running Windows Vista Home
> Basic.
>
> However, after completing the reinstallation, all of my old data, which i
> am
> happy to get rid of is contained in a folder called Windows.old (in C ,
> this is obviously taking up a lot of my hard drive space. I would normally
> simply press shift+delete to try and get rid of this, but scared this
> might
> mess things up. should i be doing this in a more proper way?
>
> Thanks
>
>