Vista - Delete windows.old ?

Just done a clean install of build 5536 on the drive Beta 2 was on. Is it
safe to delete the 'windows.old' folder once i've finished with it?

If you don't need any documents or information from your previous
installation is totally safe to delete windows.old folder. Just what a
couple of day, maybe you remember that you did not backup some files, and
then you can delete it.

Regards,
Angel.

> Just done a clean install of build 5536 on the drive Beta 2 was on. Is it
> safe to delete the 'windows.old' folder once i've finished with it?

Now available in 5536, you can use the Disk Cleanup utility to delete
Windows.old. Prior to this feature, you probably had to wrestle with file
permissions, and the delete took a *long* time. This new feature is much
quicker.

Start->c-l-e-a-n, Press Enter
Select "Files from all users on this computer" (requires elevation)
(wait while it scans for things to clean up)
Make sure "Previous Windows installation(s)" is checked
Click OK and confirm at the "safety" prompt.

--
David Goll
Windows Portable Devices Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"Angel Massa" wrote:

> If you don't need any documents or information from your previous
> installation is totally safe to delete windows.old folder. Just what a
> couple of day, maybe you remember that you did not backup some files, and
> then you can delete it.
>
> Regards,
> Angel.
>
> > Just done a clean install of build 5536 on the drive Beta 2 was on. Is it
> > safe to delete the 'windows.old' folder once i've finished with it?
>
>
>

"David Goll [MSFT]" <DavidGollMSFT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4769D667-29FE-4FC3-AE51-FAE62706E76B@microsoft.com...
> Now available in 5536, you can use the Disk Cleanup utility to delete
> Windows.old. Prior to this feature, you probably had to wrestle with file
> permissions, and the delete took a *long* time. This new feature is much
> quicker.

Yep, I noticed this just after sending my post! Thanks anyway, it cleared
out 13GB of space!!