I reinstalled vista now what?

Question

i was having some problems with vista and i just said the heck with it and put the cd in to reinstall vista well everything worked out and its fixed its just i have less memory now because windows saved all the files under windows.old and im wondering if i delete this will my computer crash or is it ok to delete windows.old

Answer 1

Now that you have vista installed, take your cpu and lay it on it's side.  Make sure its flat, because you will need a level surface to place your mac laptop.

Seriously, I would evaluate what you plan to do with your computer.  If it can be done by a mac, I'd say 85% of what we use our computers for, let a mac do it.  I was a pc man for years.  I now have 2 pc's and three macs.  As things stand currently in the computer world, Pc's arent holding up their part of the bargain.  Do take this to mean that macs are perfect but I haven't had a fraction of the problems I had with my pc's

Answer 2

run and get yourself a Mac!

Answer 3

If you have to keep reinstalling Vista, doesnt that tell you something about Vista ?

You can delete the old users folder as each new install creates a new user folder, just make sure any old documents are moved/copied before you delete it.

Answer 4

you can delete it if you've backed up all the data and programs.

Answer 5

yes you are fine in doing so.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

  If the file is not there though, then you wont be able to restore back to that installation.  It sounds like you had a reason to reformat though and dont need it any longer.  If you have files that you would like to keep then i believe you can sift through the windows.old file and copy them over to the newer installation prior to deletion.