Guest Star@*.* Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:43:01 -0700, "Spanky de Monkey, ESQ" wrote: > > >"Dave" wrote in message >news:RtCdnfg2mOOmlDjWnZ2dnUVZ8ridnZ2d@bt.com... >> Trev wrote: >>> "relic" wrote in message >>> news:3jtrjk.3i8.17.1@news.alt.net... >>>> >>>> "LSMFT" wrote in message >>>> news:mrUon.27362$ao7.11589@newsfe21.iad... >>>>> On 03/19/2010 07:39 PM, LD55ZRA wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> LSMFT wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How long do I need to keep this directory which was made after >>>>>>> upgrading >>>>>>> Vista to Windows 7. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As long as you want to keep it. There is no specific requirement >>>>>> for it. It is there to enable you to revert back to Vista if you >>>>>> decide Win7 isn't your type! I did a clean install so don't >>>>>> have this folder on my system. >>>>>> >>>>>> hth >>>>> >>>>> I did a clean install also changing from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit >>>>> WIndows 7 and it made Windows.old. >>>> >>>> What do you (and Trev) think a "Clean" install is? >>>> >>>> Had you, there's no way you'd have the Windows.Old folder. >>> >>> I let winds disc format my C drive and install Win 7 on it Part of >>> that process is to create a Windows old folder if it find a Previous OS >>> on the drive. >> >> But that's the point - if it was a clean install it would not find a >> previous OS and so would not create a windows.old folder. >> >> When you go to the shop to buy a brand-new hard drive, you can't put it in >> the computer and expect to start using it straight away because it won't >> work. It has to be prepared first and that is done by formatting (and if >> you so wish, partitioning) it. In effect what you're doing is laying out a >> structure to it, telling it that this area here can be used for this, that >> area over there can be used for that, etc., etc. >> >> In order to keep track of what's going where, a table is created. Think of >> it like the table of contents of a book - the list tells you something >> like: Chapter 6, The songs of Led Zeppelin, Page 58, so you know that if >> you turn to page 58 you'll find the songs of Led Zeppelin. If a previously >> used hard drive (or partition) is formatted, what you're effectively doing >> is removing the table of contents - the data (the songs of Led Zeppelin) >> is still there but you don't know where it is and you don't know where to >> look for it so you can't find it. Or to put it in the context of this >> topic, your new OS would not see the old OS and therefore would not create >> a windows.old folder. >> >> Personally, I would delete the partition, create a new partition in the >> now unpartitioned space, and format that - that is a clean install. >> >There must be something wrong with your format program. I have Led Zeppelin >in Chapter 4. > > I think the Windows default is Chapter 4 but if you use a 3rd party program for the format it may well appear in a different Chapter. Art Quote
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