andsome Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 When reinstalling Windows 7, you must have noticed a folder named Windows old. Having reinstalled on more than one occasion, I had three such folders, Windows old, Windows old 001, and Windows old 002. All taking up valuable hard drive space. I tried deleting one some time ago, but had all sorts of dire warnings come up, so didn’t bother to carry on. Having just made a fresh ACRONIS back up I decided to give it another go. Each folder takes several long minutes to delete, and needs watching because you have to click to give permissions every so often. I did the first two several days ago, and did the final one yesterday. I can report that there are NO problems resulting whatsoever, and the computer seems to be running faster without the encumbrance of these folders. There is also a large increase of free space on the hard drive. Go ahead and give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yep, you can safely delete "Windows Old" folders. Just make sure there is nothing you require before doing so. A heck of a lot of space can be retrieved on both Windows XP and 7 by turning off hibernation if you never use it. - Dont do this on Windows 8 though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yep, you can safely delete "Windows Old" folders. Just make sure there is nothing you require before doing so. A heck of a lot of space can be retrieved on both Windows XP and 7 by turning off hibernation if you never use it. - Dont do this on Windows 8 though ! I will be avoiding W8 as long as possible, certainly while this computer holds up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamb Chop Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Me too working on the long term knowledge of those who know computer programs better than I - not hard mind you And that info seems to be right on track. That M$ operating systems are one good one avoid one good one avoid. I am getting used to 7 but it does have a few dragging bits that were faster on XP like going around the houses to bring up Task Master which I use when stuck and needing to shut down a non responding program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 to bring up Task Master which I use when stuck and needing to shut down a non responding program. Just use Control + Alt + Delete to bring up Task Manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamb Chop Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Yes that worked fine on XP home but on Windows 7 cant get it straight off - it goes to a blue screen with several options one of which is Task Master. Can shut down from that one too - so a bit of a slow down in comparison which is what I meant - wonder why too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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