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Hello,
I had vista and i upgraded to windows with about 16GB space free - now i have 7GB and i understand that windows 7 takes up space but is there anyway off getting rid off vista to clean up the space? as i game it will be quite hard to live with 7GB!
But then again this may not be a safe option? !
Thanks,
Steve
I had vista and i upgraded to windows with about 16GB space free - now i have 7GB and i understand that windows 7 takes up space but is there anyway off getting rid off vista to clean up the space? as i game it will be quite hard to live with 7GB!
But then again this may not be a safe option? !
Thanks,
Steve
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If you did an Upgrade rather than a Clean Install (which is what I'm assuming from the way you've worded the post) than all your old files are kept in a folder called "Windows.Old" which is located in your C: . It is safe to delete this folder but just make sure none of your personal files are in it before you do.. If there are any in it than you simply copy them to a new location and than the file can safely be deleted.. Doing so should free up a good chunk of realestate on your HDD too as this file can be quite large.. ![Wink ;) ;)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
I'd also recommend doing a check in "Device Manager" to make sure that 7 has installed all your drivers.. If there are any drivers missing then you'll see a yellow exclamation mark beside whichever device is missing the driver..![Wink ;) ;)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
Upgrading isn't really the recommended way to install a BETA or RC version of an OS.. but to each his own..
A clean install would have avoided this problem..
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I'd also recommend doing a check in "Device Manager" to make sure that 7 has installed all your drivers.. If there are any drivers missing then you'll see a yellow exclamation mark beside whichever device is missing the driver..
![Wink ;) ;)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
Upgrading isn't really the recommended way to install a BETA or RC version of an OS.. but to each his own..
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Not a problem at all my friend..
Glad I could help!..
Good luck with the clean install, if you run into any more problems please don't hesitate to ask for help..
I forgot to mention, before you do the clean install you might want to download any drivers you may need just in case 7 doesn't automatically install them for some reason.. (I'm talking about your ethernet and chipset drivers specifically)..
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I forgot to mention, before you do the clean install you might want to download any drivers you may need just in case 7 doesn't automatically install them for some reason.. (I'm talking about your ethernet and chipset drivers specifically)..
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Sorry but even if doing custom windows still backs up files. It will still put the whole system files into another windows.old what ever you do.
I know, but i deleted the window.old
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