Can't remove windows/old file

> Hi All:
> I recently built a new computer and to prepare for Vista I used the
> trial
> DVD of Vista Ultimate for a while to make sure I purchased suitable
> hardware.
> After testing the pc, I purchased the full retail version of Home Premium
> and installed it as a clean install on the hard drive that had the trial
> version of Vista on it. I thot I saw the install wizard format the drive
> but
> now that I have Vista up and running, I see a file on my (C drive
> containing "windows/old". I have read in the newsgroups that you can just
> delete the file after the new operating system is working ok and tried to
> delete "window/old". I am the only user of the computer and operate it as
> administrator but when I try to delete that file I get: Destination Folder
> Access Denied. You need permission for this action. It offers "try again"
> or
> "cancel" and try again produces the same message. I thot maybe it was a
> problem with the size of the file fitting in the re-cycle bin so I changed
> the properties on that to allow direct deletion of files. No Go! I then
> tried deleting some of the 46,000+ files individually but that doesn't
> work
> on hardly any of the files. This file is about 10 GB's and that partition
> is
> only 70 GB's and I would really like to get rid of it. Any suggestions?
>
> xiowan........in tucson

> Have to run it as admin.
>
> Here's another way that should get rid of it for you:
> http://www.vistarip.com/e107_plugins....php?0.cat.2.6
>
> Basically, it says to use the disk cleanup utility. ( Start | All Programs |
> Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup )
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0EDB2310-0288-48AE-B948-88D45FC32548@microsoft.com...

> > Hi All:
> > I recently built a new computer and to prepare for Vista I used the
> > trial
> > DVD of Vista Ultimate for a while to make sure I purchased suitable
> > hardware.
> > After testing the pc, I purchased the full retail version of Home Premium
> > and installed it as a clean install on the hard drive that had the trial
> > version of Vista on it. I thot I saw the install wizard format the drive
> > but
> > now that I have Vista up and running, I see a file on my (C drive
> > containing "windows/old". I have read in the newsgroups that you can just
> > delete the file after the new operating system is working ok and tried to
> > delete "window/old". I am the only user of the computer and operate it as
> > administrator but when I try to delete that file I get: Destination Folder
> > Access Denied. You need permission for this action. It offers "try again"
> > or
> > "cancel" and try again produces the same message. I thot maybe it was a
> > problem with the size of the file fitting in the re-cycle bin so I changed
> > the properties on that to allow direct deletion of files. No Go! I then
> > tried deleting some of the 46,000+ files individually but that doesn't
> > work
> > on hardly any of the files. This file is about 10 GB's and that partition
> > is
> > only 70 GB's and I would really like to get rid of it. Any suggestions?
> >
> > xiowan........in tucson

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