Remove Windows.old

Hi,

Does anyone know how to remove this annoying Windows.old folder? If I try using the Disk Cleanup included with windows it wont work...

Tried Option one, it does nothing and 2 and 3 I get "Access Denied"

Simple really,

Step 1, open windows explorer and right click on c:\ drive
Step 2, go to properties
Step 3, click on disk cleanup
Step 4, let it do its thing for a minute then click on "Clean up system files" and make sure previous windows installations is checked.
Step 5, click "OK" and "Delete files"

CoolClownFish said:

Simple really,

Step 1, open windows explorer and right click on c:\ drive
Step 2, go to properties
Step 3, click on disk cleanup
Step 4, let it do its thing for a minute then click on "Clean up system files" and make sure previous windows installations is checked.
Step 5, click "OK" and "Delete files"

I did that on my first post.

Try it in safe mode

It sounds like you don't have elevated privileges or ownership of the file....

It worked for me. Just cleaned out 90 gb of trash.

Well I restarted my computer, it is no faster. It still takes over 10 seconds for this stupid machine to completely shut off and restart.