Use Windows Clean-up to get rid of it if you have any trouble.
Sometimes that is/was a protected location.
Rick Glazier
From: Winterlight
It's just a folder, I don't think it is protected or tied to
anything. I just deleted it.
I have had trouble, and read those instructions on the WEB
From: Winterlight
At 05:17 PM 11/17/2009, you wrote:
No. It does it clean but saves all your old docs/settings in
windows.old in case you want them. :)
that's a relief. I thought 7 formatted before a clean install, but I
guess it just deletes, or in this case moves. Thanks!
I think it
Use Windows Clean-up to get rid of it if you have any trouble.
Sometimes that is/was a protected location.
Rick Glazier
It's just a folder, I don't think it is protected or tied to
anything. I just deleted it.
I just installed Windows 7 on my laptop which was running Vista Home
Premium. I told 7 setup to do a new install and not save my stuff but
I see a Windows.old directory with old stuff in it? What is that? Did
Win7 do a upgrade instead of a clean install?
thanks
No. It does it clean but saves all your old docs/settings in windows.old in
case you want them. :)
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I just installed Windows 7 on my laptop which was running Vista Home
Premium. I told 7 setup to do a new
