windows 10 update old folder deletion?

[Tiwaz]

So after the update there are bunch of additional fodlers that it up a lot of my C: drive space. Which one can i safely delete?

[Xenift]

Yep

EDIT: HAHAHHA Windows.old

it's safe to delete that assuming you dont want any more of it.

[zMeul]

do it via Disk Cleanup

[Tiwaz]

13 minutes ago, Xenift said:

Yep

EDIT: HAHAHHA Windows.old

it's safe to delete that assuming you dont want any more of it.

wont let me do it, it says i need the permit from the system, even doe i am admin. Isnti t possible to do it somehow via the settings or so?

[Tiwaz]

and what about hte windwos10upgrade folder?

 

[Xenift]

13 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

and what about hte windwos10upgrade folder?

 

That im not sure, disk cleanup as zMeul suggest is probably the risk free way of removing things so that you make sure you remove things that you do not need and not things that might cause system instability :D.

[zMeul]

if you can't do it, install TakeOwnership PRO and take permissions for those folders; then go in safe mode to delete them

might wanna use takeowership in safe mode too

[GoodBytes]

4 hours ago, Tiwaz said:

So after the update there are bunch of additional fodlers that it up a lot of my C: drive space. Which one can i safely delete?

Windows folders in C:\ are:

• PerfLogs
• Program Files
• Program Files (x86)
• Users
• Windows
• Program Data [Hidden]
• System Volume Information [Hidden]
• Config.Msi [Hidden]
• $Recycle.Bin [Hidden]

And Windows files in C:\ are:

• bootmgr [Hidden]
• BOOTNXT [Hidden]
• pagefile.sys [Hidden]
• swapfile.sys [Hidden]
• hibernation.sys [Hidden]

 

The rest if your stuff and can be deleted, if you don't want them anymore. NVIDIA folder, if you wonder, doesn't contain anything beside setup temp files.

You can delete it as well.

[Tiwaz]

45 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Windows folders in C:\ are:

• PerfLogs
• Program Files
• Program Files (x86)
• Users
• Windows
• Program Data [Hidden]
• System Volume Information [Hidden]
• Config.Msi [Hidden]
• $Recycle.Bin [Hidden]

And Windows files in C:\ are:

• bootmgr [Hidden]
• BOOTNXT [Hidden]
• pagefile.sys [Hidden]
• swapfile.sys [Hidden]
• hibernation.sys [Hidden]

 

The rest if your stuff and can be deleted, if you don't want them anymore. NVIDIA folder, if you wonder, doesn't contain anything beside setup temp files.

You can delete it as well.

the system doesnt give me permission to clean the windows.old and upgrade folder

[Teddy07]

14 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

the system doesnt give me permission to clean the windows.old and upgrade folder

Use the system tool:

right click on the partition C: --> settings --> clean --> select old windows or so

[GoodBytes]

32 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

the system doesnt give me permission to clean the windows.old and upgrade folder

As mentioned, you need to use Windows Disk Cleanup utility to clean those.

In Windows search box, type: Cleanup, and you'll see "Disk Cleanup" entry show up in the list. Click on it.

 

It will ask you which disk you want to clean up. Pick C: and click on OK.

 

It will do a scan, and you'll see this after:

 

Click on Clean up system files, button circle in red above.

Then it run the disk utility as elevated credentials, and so it will repeat the process. Do so, but after the scan, you'll see this:

 

Check all boxes in the list, and click on OK, it will then cleanup everything, including Windows.OLD

 

 

[Tiwaz]

32 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

As mentioned, you need to use Windows Disk Cleanup utility to clean those.

In Windows search box, type: Cleanup, and you'll see "Disk Cleanup" entry show up in the list. Click on it.

 

It will ask you which disk you want to clean up. Pick C: and click on OK.

 

It will do a scan, and you'll see this after:

 

Click on Clean up system files, button circle in red above.

Then it run the disk utility as elevated credentials, and so it will repeat the process. Do so, but after the scan, you'll see this:

 

Check all boxes in the list, and click on OK, it will then cleanup everything, including Windows.OLD

 

 

already tried that, but it doesnt detect the old windows folder