Remove the Windows.old folder in Windows 8

When you upgrade Windows XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7 until Windows 8, you may find that there is a Windows.old folder on your computer system.

Windows.old folder also appears when you proceed Refresh in Windows 8. Besides, this folder will also appear when you install customizations in Windows 8 or you do not format the partition before installing Windows .

Fortunately, you can delete this Windows.old folder without any problems. In fact, the Windows.old folders account for nearly 15 GB compared to using a 120 GB SSD, so the occupancy rate is quite significant. In this article, will help you remove this folder from your computer system quickly.

Note: To avoid losing important files, before starting to delete the Windows.old folder, go to it and copy all the files you may need to use later from the previous settings. that of Windows.

The easiest way to remove the Windows.old folder is to use the Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 8. To do this, open the Charms bar and then click the Search icon . Next, enter " cleanup" and then click Settings.

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Then, click the Free up disk space item by deleting the files . When the Disk Cleanup dialog box opens, click Clean up system files.

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When the next dialog box opens, select the Previous Windows installation item .

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Continue, click OK and then click Delete Files in the pop-up dialog box . Now , Disk Cleanup will start deleting previous installations of Windows.

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Alternatively, you can delete this directory using the Command Prompt in Windows 8. First, you need to open the command prompt as Administrator. To do this, open the Start screen , right-click and select All apps , then right-click the Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator .

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At the command prompt, type the following command: RD / S / Q% SystemDrive% windows.old

Note: In case there are many Windows.old folders in your computer system. You can delete these folders using the above command and replace the .000 directory number to be windows.old,000.

If you cannot delete the Windows.old folder while still in Windows, you can also try starting the Sy stem Recovery Options and opening the command prompt to delete this folder. This basically allows you to work with Windows without running in Windows. So, if the Windows.old folder is locked, you can still delete it from Windows before upgrading to the new version.