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Is it OK to move my Windows.old files off of my C:\ drive
As shown in the 40 posts above, I've had a difficult few weeks and many hours working to recover a notebook computer after losing my OS. It's now booting and appears to be working, albeit with multiple OS choices on boot.
Instead of a relatively clean computer I find that my 750 GB HDD has only about 100 GB free. Most of the unavailable space is taken up by 3 windows.old folders:
- Windows.old = 378 GB
- Windows.old.000 = 19.6 GB
- Windows.old (1) = 0 GB
I understand that the Windows.old files will be automatically removed after about a month. But I'm a little anxious to regain full use of my notebook and also am a little paranoid about losing the windows.old data.
I have a few large HDDs. What do I risk if I move these Windows.old files onto one of my large HDDs and delete them after I regain confidence that they have no value (maybe 5-6 months)?