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deleting windows.old folder

by merlin241 Feb 1, 2010 2:48AM PST

Have installed win7 on laptop. Can I delete windows.old folder safely. This folder is huge (29 gig) really could use the space

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If you're sure
by Jimmy Greystone Feb 1, 2010 2:56AM PST

If you're sure you won't want to go back to a previous version of Windows and that there's nothing else in that directory you want, then yes.

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windows.old
by merlin241 Feb 1, 2010 3:06AM PST

I did clean install of win 7 on new laptop (vista) Never did anything w/vista. Win 7 is doing ok, are there drivers or anything like that I should be aware of. thanks for your imput

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drivers
by jeff_windows_team Feb 1, 2010 3:42AM PST

The only drivers you need are the drivers your hardware requires....

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Probably not
by Jimmy Greystone Feb 1, 2010 3:58AM PST

Probably not, and that likely wouldn't be contained within that directory tree anyway. So, given these new facts, feel free to delete it at any time.

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