It was purged successfully and I have reclaimed over 800 GB storage!
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I have a Dell Inspiron 3793 with Windows 10, 22H2, 19045.3803.
I just finished reinstalled Windows 10 using ISO file from my USB drive. Every time it finished one installation option, my laptop restarted and it started another installation option (installed updates, etc)
When it finished, I have 9 Windows.old folders in my C drive which occupied majority of my C storage. I have tried to go to Settings /storage / temporary files, it said SCANNING but nothing happened, no files showed. I did DISC CLEAN and CLEAN SYSTEM FILES, nothing happened. If I delete the folder individually, it will take a very long time since they are so big m I couldn't restore my files back because I have no storage in my C drive left.
So what should I do?
Any comments /suggestions are much appreciated.
Thank you.
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2024-07-28T23:21:19+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-07-28T22:33:21+00:00 An update :
Finally, a list of all temp files showed up including those windows old installation files. It's now purging them now, hope it'll be successful.