How To Safely Delete Windows.old Folder In Windows 7
Posted December 17, 2009 – 8:04 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesOne our readers has asked how to delete Windows.old folder present in the system drive. The Windows.old folder is generated after performing custom Windows 7 installation (without formatting the existing installation). In other words, if you install Windows 7 on a Windows Vista or XP drive, Windows.old will be created.
The Windows.old folder contains folders and files that were used in the earlier version of Microsoft Windows that was installed. This Windows.old folder is very useful when you want retrieve some files like documents and pictures from your old Windows installation. Additionally, this folder comes in handy if you like to revert to the earlier version of Windows from your current version of Windows.
If you have no important files in Windows.old folder, you can delete it to retrieve the disk space. Here is how you can delete the Windows.old folder safely:
1. Right-click on your system drive (Windows 7 drive) and select Properties.
2. In the properties box, click Disk cleanup button.
3. If you can’t see Previous Windows Installations click Cleanup system files button to see Previous Windows Installations file in the list.
4. Check the box and hit Ok to start cleaning the Windows.old folder.
5. Done!
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4 Comments
Thank you so much. I thought it was a silly ownership problem, despite me being the admin on my computer. I’ve been trying to do this for over an hour, and now its gone. thanks!
Thanks!! I wish I had known to delete it this way…I simply deleted it the old fashioned way…I hope I didn’t mess up anything
author dude, nice work there. ive been viciously searching the web for the solution to some windows 7 issues with no luk.
But i found almost exactly wut i wanted in these site.congratz.keep up the gud work
HELP! “PREVIOUS WINDOWS INSTALLATIONS” DON’T APPEAR ON MY DISK CLEANUP,but a huge chunk of my hard drive is consumed. i just installed windows 7 over xp on a single partition on a old hard drive.