No "remove old windows installations" option in Disk Cleanup.

moore93

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What's a quick and easy way to remove windows.old since Disk Cleanup seems to be missing the option to do so in Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

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I gave myself permissions via CMD which failed(Every file access denied, even in an admin CMD), so I tried one last time to run a Disk Cleanup and when it finished I finally saw the option to remove it........ :shock: It was like the 5th time I've ran it and it seemingly randomly starts to work. :mad:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64 Bit
It's best to give yourself permission to access the entire drive before you install the new OP system. That way you will have permissions to do what ever you want with the contents of the drive from inside the new Op system. Of course hind site is always 20/20.

The disk clean up problem sounds like a bug to me, nice find.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
chev, the problem has came all the way from the good old vista all the way until the windows 8.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Home Premium / Commodore OS Vision / Windows 8 Release preview
    CPU
    AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 7750 BE 2,7Ghz (2/4)
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-e
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GIGABYTE (ATI) Radeon HD 6870 (1Gb)
    Sound Card
    Do i have one?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
    Screen Resolution
    1x HD1080 1x SXGA
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 500 Gb
    1x Samsung 30 Gb
    1x LaCie 1Tb Hard drive.
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    Antec three hundred
    Cooling
    3 fans + psu and cpu + gpu
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    CM Storm Xornet
    Internet Speed
    110mb/ s
    Other Info
    Look, what i've created... just a few visits at the recyclement center was enough...
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 CP
    CPU
    I7 -2600k @ 4.8 ghz
    Motherboard
    AZROCK Z77 Extreme6
    Memory
    8gig Corsair Dominator 1600 DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 680
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell Ultrasharp U3011
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    1 x Crucial M4 256gb SSD
    2 x 1tb Western Digital Caviar Black
    1 x 2tb Western Digital Caviar Green
    1 x 2Tb Samsung Story USB 3
    1 Ready NAS NV+ with 4x2Tb Drives
    PSU
    Enermax MAXREVO 1350 Watts
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air with NZXT Sentry LXE Controller
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler 920
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku
    Mouse
    Roccat Kova+
    Internet Speed
    12000 Kb/s
    Other Info
    Brother 6490CW Multifunction Printer
    Brother 2170W Laser Printer
    Fritz Box 7390 Modem / Router
    Logitech Webcam 500
    Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
    XBox 360 Controller
    Logitech Z4 Speakers
    WD TV Live
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