Windows.old?

[Joanne]

I have a vista laptop here with a full C drive even though there isn't much on it. there is a windows.old folder with stuff in it... does this get used by vista?

I have nothing to compare it to!

[ninjabeaver]

Thats usually the folder that you get when you reinstall / upgrade your OS without formatting it. I doubt Vista would access it, but I'm not gonna say delete it just in case. You could try renaming it to something else though. See if it throws a wobbly back at you.

[Geoff]

Here's the KB article on what it is, and how to get rid of it.

How to remove the Windows.old folder that is generated when you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista

[Joanne]

16GB It's cleared!!! mental!

[gshaw]

Yeah I remember seeing that at the Vista imaging conference I went to... upgrade doesn't actually "upgrade" as such... more of a side-by-side install leaving the old XP files there afterwards