Should I remove previous windows installations?

Maybe a dumb question, but I'm nervous about removing XP now that I have
Vista up and running.

Are there any dangers in removing it? I've already backed up my system but
Vista is running so well, I hate to fix something that isn't broken.

(previous installation takes up about 63Gig of space!)

Thanks.

Hello,

No, you don't need to be nervous in deleting the Windows.Old folder once you
have Vista installed and working. But, Windows.old shouldn't be 63 gigs
unless, you downloaded a lot of updates and modifications to Windows XP.


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"Jenilyn" <> wrote in message
news:862C86D2-58A0-41DC-B3DD-...
> Maybe a dumb question, but I'm nervous about removing XP now that I have
> Vista up and running.
>
> Are there any dangers in removing it? I've already backed up my system
> but
> Vista is running so well, I hate to fix something that isn't broken.
>
> (previous installation takes up about 63Gig of space!)
>
> Thanks.

Thank you Jonathan. I went ahead and deleted it through disk cleanup. (I
hope that was an adequate way of doing it.) My harddrive feels much better
now.

I had XP Media Center with all the updates....so I think it was huge.

I have noticed two problems that I forgot about, so I'll have to check the
boards to see if I'm the only person experiencing them....

-Digital Media slots aren't "working". No light or accessing going on when
a card is inserted. They worked in XP.

-Outlook seems to hiccup a lot. I have a lot of mail (yes, I need to clean
it up) but I get a "Not Responding" a lot.

thanks!
Jenilyn



"Jonathan Yaniv" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> No, you don't need to be nervous in deleting the Windows.Old folder once you
> have Vista installed and working. But, Windows.old shouldn't be 63 gigs
> unless, you downloaded a lot of updates and modifications to Windows XP.
>
>
> --
> Please comment about my performance about helping and/or resolving your
> issue to Brian
> Boston by emailing . If you could please nominate me
> for Windows Vista MVP it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jonathan Yaniv
> Windows Live Butterfly Expert
>
> "Jenilyn" <> wrote in message
> news:862C86D2-58A0-41DC-B3DD-...
> > Maybe a dumb question, but I'm nervous about removing XP now that I have
> > Vista up and running.
> >
> > Are there any dangers in removing it? I've already backed up my system
> > but
> > Vista is running so well, I hate to fix something that isn't broken.
> >
> > (previous installation takes up about 63Gig of space!)
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>

No problem, Disk Cleanup is the safest way to remove this folder.

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"Jenilyn" <> wrote in message
news:84C420EF-A122-4400-86A8-...
> Thank you Jonathan. I went ahead and deleted it through disk cleanup. (I
> hope that was an adequate way of doing it.) My harddrive feels much
> better
> now.
>
> I had XP Media Center with all the updates....so I think it was huge.
>
> I have noticed two problems that I forgot about, so I'll have to check the
> boards to see if I'm the only person experiencing them....
>
> -Digital Media slots aren't "working". No light or accessing going on
> when
> a card is inserted. They worked in XP.
>
> -Outlook seems to hiccup a lot. I have a lot of mail (yes, I need to
> clean
> it up) but I get a "Not Responding" a lot.
>
> thanks!
> Jenilyn
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Yaniv" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> No, you don't need to be nervous in deleting the Windows.Old folder once
>> you
>> have Vista installed and working. But, Windows.old shouldn't be 63 gigs
>> unless, you downloaded a lot of updates and modifications to Windows XP.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Please comment about my performance about helping and/or resolving your
>> issue to Brian
>> Boston by emailing . If you could please nominate me
>> for Windows Vista MVP it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Jonathan Yaniv
>> Windows Live Butterfly Expert
>>
>> "Jenilyn" <> wrote in message
>> news:862C86D2-58A0-41DC-B3DD-...
>> > Maybe a dumb question, but I'm nervous about removing XP now that I
>> > have
>> > Vista up and running.
>> >
>> > Are there any dangers in removing it? I've already backed up my system
>> > but
>> > Vista is running so well, I hate to fix something that isn't broken.
>> >
>> > (previous installation takes up about 63Gig of space!)
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>

"Jenilyn" <> wrote
> Thank you Jonathan. I went ahead and deleted it through disk cleanup. (I
> hope that was an adequate way of doing it.) My harddrive feels much
> better
> now.
>
> I had XP Media Center with all the updates....so I think it was huge.
>
> I have noticed two problems that I forgot about, so I'll have to check the
> boards to see if I'm the only person experiencing them....
>
> -Digital Media slots aren't "working". No light or accessing going on
> when
> a card is inserted. They worked in XP.
>
> -Outlook seems to hiccup a lot. I have a lot of mail (yes, I need to
> clean
> it up) but I get a "Not Responding" a lot.

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For the Outlook issues, I suggest you post to one of the Outlook newsgroups.
They are OS independent.
microsoft.public.outlook.*


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