N NOD Member Joined Sep 11, 2022 Messages 10 Reaction score 0 Sep 11, 2022 #1 Did the update from windows 10 to windows 11. normally I delete the .old within a day or two. But I could NOT. Found I may have to wait 10 days. 10 days up, still can't delete Windows.old (29.6Gb) WHY?
Did the update from windows 10 to windows 11. normally I delete the .old within a day or two. But I could NOT. Found I may have to wait 10 days. 10 days up, still can't delete Windows.old (29.6Gb) WHY?
davehc Well-known member Joined Jun 24, 2021 Messages 627 Reaction score 153 Sep 11, 2022 #2 Do you leave your computer running 24/7? If so, try a restart. Normally you should not have to delete it, it goes automatically. Vote: Upvote 0 Downvote
Do you leave your computer running 24/7? If so, try a restart. Normally you should not have to delete it, it goes automatically.
N NOD Member Joined Sep 11, 2022 Messages 10 Reaction score 0 Sep 11, 2022 #3 I turn off the computer after each use. Vote: Upvote 0 Downvote
davehc Well-known member Joined Jun 24, 2021 Messages 627 Reaction score 153 Sep 12, 2022 #4 No idea why it should have happened to you, but it may be locked in MS storage. Open the settings - System - Storage., and see if it is there for deletion. Run the storage cleanup if necessary Vote: Upvote 0 Downvote
No idea why it should have happened to you, but it may be locked in MS storage. Open the settings - System - Storage., and see if it is there for deletion. Run the storage cleanup if necessary
Bastet Moderator Joined Jun 8, 2021 Messages 164 Reaction score 33 Sep 19, 2022 #5 Right click the C drive & choose disk cleanup>clean system files & select windows.old then click clean/OK. Vote: Upvote 0 Downvote
Right click the C drive & choose disk cleanup>clean system files & select windows.old then click clean/OK.
A akriti Member Joined Sep 14, 2022 Messages 7 Reaction score 0 Sep 20, 2022 #6 10 days after you update to Windows 11, your older version of Windows 10 will be automatically deleted from your PC Vote: Upvote 0 Downvote
10 days after you update to Windows 11, your older version of Windows 10 will be automatically deleted from your PC
