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On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:43:01 -0700, "Spanky de Monkey, ESQ"
wrote:
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>"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
wrote:
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>
>"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