Windows 10: Question about after an upgrade

Hi, after upgrading 8.1 to win 10 Home, i have a "Windows.old" directory.
can i safely delete it seeing as i have no plans of downgrading it back to 8.1.

Thank You in advance if you answer *Smile

:)

 

A Question About Upgrading

Yes, you can, you will have to perform a custom install, which means you should backup your data and prepare to reinstall programs and you will need 64 bit drivers for any hardware.

How to: Switch from 32 bit versions of Windows to Windows 10
64 bit

 

A Question About Upgrading

I have a 32-bit PC, and I am wondering if I can upgrade it to 64-bit during or after the installation of Windows 10. also, will I lose anything that has been installed or saved in my PC prior to upgrading?

 

Hello Funky, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Yes, you can safely delete the Windows.old folder since you have no plans on going back to the previous Windows.

I would recommend to wait at least a week before you do to make sure that everything is running properly first, and that there's nothing in the folder you may want later.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

what Brink said , don't just delete it manually though , use the Windows Clean-up utility.

 

Thanks very much for the info Guys, will do it via the link .

 

It should be noted that it will self delete after 30 days as a scheduled disk cleanup task too, so no rush to decide.

 

Glad we could help. *Smile