Deleting old windows files

[clementk]

HI ok so I just installed new SSD and installed windows on it and I just wanted to know how can I delete all the old windows system files without formatting my drive ? I have about 500 GB of games that I don't want to download again . is there a way I can just remove all the old windows and file like pagefile.sys and hiberfile.sys in other drive ? tried disk cleanup on the E:\ did not see old version of windows.

 

[Damikiller37]

If your system doesn't detect that you are dual booting then you should just simply be able to get rid of all the windows related files on the drive but if it does detect the dual boot then you can do one of the 2 things: delete the Windows files from the drive you don't want them to be on and restart and it will most likely mess up your boot sequence and to fix it you will have to use the Windows disk and use the start up repair tool on it OR you could get a program called EasyBCD and remove the Windows from the boot sequence (the one on the drive you don't want it to be on leaving the other one) and then you should be able to remove the windows files manually.

[Loe]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/how-do-i-remove-the-windows-old-folder

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/how-remove-windows-old-folder

[IdeaStormer]

Woo Hoo! I gained 10Gigs!

[Chris6030]

Quick tip: Download WinDirStat and go nuts with deleting .temp and old files. I just went from 32 gb of free space to 153 gb of free space.

[Lord_Kitty]

Here's something simpler that worked perfectly for me:

 

Go to msconfig, click the Boot tab and delete the OS installation you don't need. All its files will be deleted with it.

[IdeaStormer]

Quick tip: Download WinDirStat and go nuts with deleting .temp and old files. I just went from 32 gb of free space to 153 gb of free space.

 

The PacMan progress bars are a win already

[Chris6030]

The PacMan progress bars are a win already

Ikr :lol: