Windows.old, can't delete after bad vista


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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!?

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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...

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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.

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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

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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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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... :)

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