Old windows 7 directory
wintv
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Have upgraded to Windows 10 from 7 and I note that I now have a directory on my c drive called windows old. Is it safe to remove this directory?
Thanks in advance for guidance provided.
Thanks in advance for guidance provided.
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Windows.old contains various files from the previous Windows installation as a sort of safety back-up or to roll back to that previous version should you want to. It can also contain data that wasn't properly transferred over during the upgrade so only get rid of it once you are satisfied that the new version of Windows is working properly and all your data is in place.
If you do decide to get rid of it follow the instructions here
http://www.howtogeek.com/223821/what-is-the-windows.old-folder-and-how-do-you-delete-it/
Oh and it will go away all by itself after a month anyway if you just ignore it.
When I used the procedure one of my machines kept Widows.old with one audio driver in it - presumably still needed.