Saturday 5 October 2019

How do I delete Windows.old in Windows?

I used to run Windows 7 32 bit, but installed the 64 bit version because of a RAM upgrade. During the installation I got this message:



The partition you selected might contain files from a previous Windows installation. If it does, these files and folders will be moved to a folder named Windows.old. You will be able to access the information in Windows.old, but you will not be able to use your previous version of Windows.



The C:\ drive now has two (2) Windows folders:



  1. Windows (15.3 GB)

  2. Windows.old (15.7 GB)


screenshot showing windows.old folder


Don't see why I need the Windows.old taking over 15GB of space on my hard drive so I tried to delete it. It didn't work.


How can I safely delete this folder?

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