How to delete .old file

When cleaning up the computer, I found that many files could not be deleted, especially the .old file, how to delete the stubborn .old file like this?

In Windows7 system, when the user adopts the overlay When the system is installed, the system will automatically generate a “Windows.old” file in the original system hard disk partition, which will be in the three directories of “Windows”, “Program Files” and “Users” in the original system. The files are transferred to the "Windows.old" folder.

This is why the Windows.old folder is so large. He backed up the previous system files and installed program files. This is also because of Microsoft's humanization considerations. Users who have not had time to back up important files can choose to back up again.

Deleting the Windows.old folder method:

1. Right click on the desktop and click on “Computer” to select the attribute

2. Point the system to experience the index
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3. After opening the grading window, select “Only on the left side” to open the disk cleaning.

4. The system will not scan the system file for the first time. After the scanning is finished, select it in the new window that pops up. Clean up the system files & rdquo;

5, click & ldquo; clean up the system files & rdquo;

6, the disk cleaning tool will scan the disk again

7, again in the scan results There will be windows.old options

8, select it, then & ldquo; OK & rdquo;

If the hard disk space is not very tight, then do not rush to delete the WINDOWS.OLD folder, It is best to confirm that there is no meaning in the old system, and then delete the WINDOWS.OLD folder as described above. The Windows.old folder can be deleted, of course, if you are sure that there are no files to back up.

It is necessary to delete such files. It can be deleted according to the above methods.