rockstard Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I tried to update to Vista, has some drivers go out so I went back to XP, that's all fine now and I've spent a week or two setting things back up and now I have a 17 gig folder on the C drive called Windows.old. I've tried right clicking and removing the read oly access and I can't get it to delete worth anything. I've searched everywhere, can anyone help!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak_power Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 In those two weeks you could format hard drive and reinstall everything which is better idea after updating and messing up....you're just wasting time trying to fix broken things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted August 13, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 13, 2005 yeah I have that same thing. I was able to delete some items from it, but the folders are still there... I think I might try a format, clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 you must be a member of the "trusted Installations" group, go into computer managrment and add it to the admin its not broken, its MS's ideal of added security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 That's a big file ! Try deleting it in DOS, or using a recovery disk ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted August 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 15, 2005 [Moved Here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted August 15, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 15, 2005 you must be a member of the "trusted Installations" group, go into computer managrment and add it to the adminits not broken, its MS's ideal of added security 586374882[/snapback] Oh yeah?? Cool, I'll try that and see what happens. Hey, do you know if there are any other directories in the longhorn install that would have been placed on the root drive (c:) that can be removed also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted August 15, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 15, 2005 Nope it didn't work for me. I'm going to do a complete format and reinstall...instead of a win XP update this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cropcircles Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Just a suggestion for Vista Beta 1 fanatics. If you want to save allot of time on reformatting. Use Acronis True Image or Partition Magic and copy a image of your Vista drive and save it on another partition. Then if you run into a snag you can just restore your Vista image. After you do a fresh install of Vista and get all your little tweaks working and cool desktop wallpapers saved. Make your image and store it. This way you can be a little bit more aggressive with your testing. You can restore and be back in business in ten minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted August 17, 2005 MVC Share Posted August 17, 2005 Just a suggestion for Vista Beta 1 fanatics. If you want to save allot of time on reformatting. Use Acronis True Image or Partition Magic and copy a image of your Vista drive and save it on another partition. Then if you run into a snag you can just restore your Vista image. After you do a fresh install of Vista and get all your little tweaks working and cool desktop wallpapers saved. Make your image and store it. This way you can be a little bit more aggressive with your testing. You can restore and be back in business in ten minutes. 586388895[/snapback] Not a bad idea. Are these comparable to Norton Ghost? I tried that once, and it was a horrible experience...but then again, I was creating cds, not a HD partition image... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagamer34 Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Definitely comparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spclffred Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 safe mode would work lol come on guys u know that u can delete anything in safe mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Causas Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 turn off UaP, or right click on windows Explorer and select run elevated. either option will let you delete the folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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