Not exact matches
This guide will walk you through the steps to delete the
Windows.old folder containing the previous installation of Windows and related installation files to get back valuable hard drive space
on your
computer.
If you install Windows Vista
on a
computer which has Windows XP installed or if you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista instead of an upgrade installation, you will see a
Windows.old folder on your system drive.
While saving a previous installation is a useful method to rollback in case of problems, if the installation completes successfully, the
Windows.old folder and other related installation files will just waste valuable storage space
on your
computer.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to delete the
Windows.old folder and other files that can be taking more than 15 GB of storage space
on your
computer.