updated to windows 7 memory issue

xxamdxx

xxamdxx

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Hey guys,

so I finally updated to windows 7 (yea i know it took me awhile). Now I'm installing all my drivers and I noticed that I only have 30gb left of my 160 gb hard drive. Where is all this data being used by? Did my computer partition my old stuff on it? I clicked do a full install so it should have wiped everything from my old computer I thought. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.


thanks,
Mike
 
xxamdxx said:
Hey guys,

so I finally updated to windows 7 (yea i know it took me awhile). Now I'm installing all my drivers and I noticed that I only have 30gb left of my 160 gb hard drive. Where is all this data being used by? Did my computer partition my old stuff on it? I clicked do a full install so it should have wiped everything from my old computer I thought. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.


thanks,
Mike
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Go to the Root of your HDD (C:\) and check to see if there are any folders called *.old. If so, delete them.
 
You obviously did not delete all the partitions and formatted the HDD properly.
Boot to the Windows 7 disk,delete ALL the partitions until you have only UNALLOCATED SPACE left and then select that UNALLOCATED SPACE and click NEXT to install Windows 7 to that.It will automatically create 1 partition which uses the entire HDD and format it before the installation.




Cheers!
 
xxamdxx said:
ok so there definitely is an .old file. If I just delete that folder will I get all my space back?
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You'll get whatever space that folder takes up. Just be sure to get any user or program data you want to keep out of that folder before you delete it.
 
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