delete windows old

I read in a post that I could delete the windows old file is that true or does it affect something else? The reason I ask is I deleted it then defragged and everything changed on my computer. My sidebar was gone, all my Icons moved to the right hand side of the screen, my verizon EVDO card stopped working and when I attached a second monitor if I opened a file I would get half on my laptop and half on the second screen. I tried safe mode and then system restore but always the same thing.

I would really like to remove the file to free up space so that I can partition my drive and install a second instance of RC1 for testing hardware.

I did a clean install and now everythings working again.

I might mention that I used AusLogics Disk Defrag which seemd to work well up to this point.

well I'm going to try again without the defrag. Is Diskeeper better for defrag

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:40:47 +0100, danbrown
<danbrown.2eakmr@no-mx.vista64.net> wrote:

}well I'm going to try again without the defrag. Is Diskeeper better for
}defrag

I haven't used Diskeeper in a while but Perfect Disk just released v8
beta for Vista RC1. I used it last week with no problems.

Can You See The Progress Of The Defrag With Perfict Disk

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:46:08 +0100, danbrown
<danbrown.2ebzsr@no-mx.vista64.net> wrote:


}Can You See The Progress Of The Defrag With Perfict Disk

Yes, and you can click on the file in progress and see a file name (for
larger files).