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Windows.Old Folder Size?

Windows.Old Folder Size?

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Zsniper1274
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02-26-2016, 03:15 AM

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I've got a 1TB Seagate HDD which I had Win 7 on, and after the upgrade to 10 today, the Windows.Old folder is now a thing. When I was reading about how the upgrade worked, I thought it was very smart of Microsoft to let us hold on to our old data for a month before the Windows 10 settles in. Granted, it would've been nice if we could keep it forever, but that's why we have backup HDDs, amirite? SO ANYWAYS, here's my point. My Windows.old folder seems to be much larger than other peoples'. It's supposed to be around 20-30 GB, right? But here's mine. http://puu.sh/jicJ6/a3df2e2ff9.png 500 freakin' gigs. Obviously that's all of my data from Windows 7, but is it supposed to be as large as mine is?

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Zsniper1274

02-26-2016, 03:15 AM #1

I've got a 1TB Seagate HDD which I had Win 7 on, and after the upgrade to 10 today, the Windows.Old folder is now a thing. When I was reading about how the upgrade worked, I thought it was very smart of Microsoft to let us hold on to our old data for a month before the Windows 10 settles in. Granted, it would've been nice if we could keep it forever, but that's why we have backup HDDs, amirite? SO ANYWAYS, here's my point. My Windows.old folder seems to be much larger than other peoples'. It's supposed to be around 20-30 GB, right? But here's mine. http://puu.sh/jicJ6/a3df2e2ff9.png 500 freakin' gigs. Obviously that's all of my data from Windows 7, but is it supposed to be as large as mine is?

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IgorElCactus
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02-26-2016, 04:20 AM

#2

It's quite large—around 200MB. I’d remove it if I were you.

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IgorElCactus

02-26-2016, 04:20 AM #2

It's quite large—around 200MB. I’d remove it if I were you.

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Zylco
Junior Member

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03-03-2016, 12:26 PM

#3

It was just under 20 gigabytes. However, I performed a reset to get a fresh start, even though I intended a clean installation.

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Zylco

03-03-2016, 12:26 PM #3

It was just under 20 gigabytes. However, I performed a reset to get a fresh start, even though I intended a clean installation.

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Skweerel
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03-05-2016, 12:58 PM

#4

It was around 18GB, and you should get rid of it!

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Skweerel

03-05-2016, 12:58 PM #4

It was around 18GB, and you should get rid of it!

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Igor_extreme
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03-15-2016, 08:13 AM

#5

That's quite a size for a drive!

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Igor_extreme

03-15-2016, 08:13 AM #5

That's quite a size for a drive!

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zYaan_
Junior Member

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03-15-2016, 08:20 AM

#6

Disk Cleanup//Remove unnecessary files // Choose everything - this will eliminate that directory.

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zYaan_

03-15-2016, 08:20 AM #6

Disk Cleanup//Remove unnecessary files // Choose everything - this will eliminate that directory.

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ljhawk2000
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03-15-2016, 10:07 AM

#7

It contains all your files from Win7, which is quite a lot.

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ljhawk2000

03-15-2016, 10:07 AM #7

It contains all your files from Win7, which is quite a lot.