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laptop saved vista to drive D...no space left

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Name: kdorn91
Date: October 28, 2009 at 20:35:39 Pacific
OS: Windows Vista
Product: Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook
Subcategory: Software Problems
Comment:

hi i reinstslled vista on my laptop after deleting most of my programs on my system. it saved everything into a file called "windows.old" and vista saved to drive D...i have no space to download ANYTHING and i just want to clear out my computer so it is empty like its new. what should i do?



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Name: mavis007
Date: October 29, 2009 at 10:18:17 Pacific
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... windows old is there when you upgrade say from xp to (or its your "old" vista profile) "vista"

... its there so you could revert back to the older system if you wish to

... deleting the "windows old" is an option or copy it to other media then delete it!


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