windows.old in vista

when i up graded to vista from xp, vista put all xp files into 1 folder. nice
thought but that took 80% of my memory so i want to delet the file (nothing
in it i need) i want to know is there anything in it vista needs, .exe,
drivers, ect,?

Hello stwyby,

You can just delete it. It is possible to rebuild the old system with it
and ofcourse you can find also your old data in it.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> when i up graded to vista from xp, vista put all xp files into 1
> folder. nice thought but that took 80% of my memory so i want to delet
> the file (nothing in it i need) i want to know is there anything in it
> vista needs, .exe, drivers, ect,?
>

"stwyby" <> wrote in message
news:43882D07-70EC-4136-A743-...
> when i up graded to vista from xp, vista put all xp files into 1 folder.
> nice
> thought but that took 80% of my memory so i want to delet the file
> (nothing
> in it i need) i want to know is there anything in it vista needs, .exe,
> drivers, ect,?

No, but I think it has your old files in it if you need them.
If you run disk clean up it will be one of the things that can be deleted
and this is probably the easiest way to do so.

How to use the Disk Cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after
you install Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us

"stwyby" <> wrote in message
news:43882D07-70EC-4136-A743-...
> when i up graded to vista from xp, vista put all xp files into 1 folder.
> nice
> thought but that took 80% of my memory so i want to delet the file
> (nothing
> in it i need) i want to know is there anything in it vista needs, .exe,
> drivers, ect,?