JuanTLlibre
New Member
I installed RTM (x86), and did a "fresh install".
When setup was done, I went to delete Windows.old and Windows.000.
Windows.000 deleted OK.
Windows.old ( which has /Windows and /Program Files directories in it ) won't delete.
The OS keeps telling me I need "Trusted Installer" permission to do that.
BIG problem...since there's about 8 GB (almost 50,000 files ) clogging up the hard drive.
I tried changing the permissions on the directories (they are read-only) but the system won't let me.
I tried formatting the drive from another installation, but it refuses to format the partition.
Apparently, I'm stuck in a limbo in which I am left powerless.
Why can't setup accept the instruction to do a clean install
without saving a bunch of old garbage to windows.old ?
Why isn't that option (clean install, full-format and don't save anything) available to the user when setup runs ?
What do I have to do to recover the 8GB space which I have lost ?
When setup was done, I went to delete Windows.old and Windows.000.
Windows.000 deleted OK.
Windows.old ( which has /Windows and /Program Files directories in it ) won't delete.
The OS keeps telling me I need "Trusted Installer" permission to do that.
BIG problem...since there's about 8 GB (almost 50,000 files ) clogging up the hard drive.
I tried changing the permissions on the directories (they are read-only) but the system won't let me.
I tried formatting the drive from another installation, but it refuses to format the partition.
Apparently, I'm stuck in a limbo in which I am left powerless.
Why can't setup accept the instruction to do a clean install
without saving a bunch of old garbage to windows.old ?
Why isn't that option (clean install, full-format and don't save anything) available to the user when setup runs ?
What do I have to do to recover the 8GB space which I have lost ?