Can I delete the Windows.old folder after restoring Win10 OS from Rescue disk?

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Schnout	Schnout posted 16 March 2016 5:37 PM Topic Details Share Topic
New Member Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 3	Thank you Macrium! I have new Win10 system, which is getting a whole lot of exercise as I build out the OS and install several apps. After only two weeks, I crashed it. Could not reboot from Splash screen Macrium PE image, so I had to run from the Rescue DVD. Successfully rolled back the image to just prior to my crash... Now...I have a directory called C:\Windows.old, which now - by default - will be backed up with my daily system/partition image. I'd rather not save this "data" if it is of no use. Can anybody weigh in? Tags rescue Restore Windows.old
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Richard V.	Richard V. posted 16 March 2016 8:47 PM ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Most Valuable Professional Group: Forum Members Posts: 2K, Visits: 8K	See the Microsoft article about removing the Windows.old folder by using disk cleanup. Regards, Richard V. ("Arvy") Edited 16 March 2016 8:50 PM by Arvy
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Seekforever	Seekforever posted 25 March 2016 7:04 PM Post Details Share Post
Expert Group: Awaiting Activation Posts: 615, Visits: 12K	Windows 10 is supposed to automatically delete it about 30 days after it was created but as Arvy pointed out via his link you can do it yourself. Here is another link that shows various options for Windows 10:Windows 10 previous OS version cleanup
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