I upgraded to
Windows 10 and I find that my old operating system Windows 7 is taking up a
huge amount of space on my hard drive. Can I delete that to reclaim some space?
By default,
Microsoft leaves the old operating system in a hidden folder so that you have
the option to restore your computer back to its previous state if you find that
you don’t like Windows 10. Amazing considering I’m sure Microsoft believes that
everyone will love Windows 10. But the fact is you have the option of restoring
your old version whether it be Windows 7 or Windows 8 because that huge folder
exists. Once you have used Windows 10 for a while you may decide to get rid of
that old stuff so you can reclaim the space. To do that, start the disk cleanup
utility, you can do that just by selecting the start button or the Windows
button in Windows and typing disk cleanup. This will give you the option to
remove old operating system files. Once you do that however, be assured that
you won’t be able to restore your computer to an earlier operating system
unless you have a complete backup of the original state of your computer before
you installed Windows 10. But once you are ready to pull the plug, go for it
and you will get back 7GB or more of space.
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