Solved is it safe to delete windows.old folder

makhan10

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is it safe to delete windows.old folder

This folder is occupying 4GB of my hard disk

i reinstalled windows 8 using HP Recovery Manager a while back

i dont remember the exact date or month when i reinstalled windows

windows old folder.JPG
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    Intel 1.7 GHz i3 Core
    Memory
    8GB
    Hard Drives
    500 GB
    Internet Speed
    8 Mbps
You can't just delete it as it's system controled. You have to use disk cleanup run it and when it's finished first scan then select system files it will re scan and find the folder then it will remove it
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win 8 pro
thanks samuria
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    Intel 1.7 GHz i3 Core
    Memory
    8GB
    Hard Drives
    500 GB
    Internet Speed
    8 Mbps
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