windows 8 upgrade delete windows old

Windows 8 upgrade and want to keep all data on old HD that has win 7
location: 7forums.com - date: November 15, 2012
Hello, Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but perhaps someone could lend me a hand. I just won a 180GB SSD from intel and was thinking of installing Windows 8 on it. I currently have a 1TB HD that has the windows 7 install on it. My question is will I be able to do a fresh install of Windows 8 on the SSD and delete Windows 7 from the 1TB HD while keeping the rest of the data there or will the 1TB drive need to be formatted to get rid of the windows 7 install? If the answer is yes will windows 8 do the cleanup for me(I can dream) or will I have to do it manually? Thanks for any help guys and gals!
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Windows 8 not allowing to delete windows.old folder
location: 8forums.com - date: September 16, 2011
Hi , I installed windows 8 on my laptop. It created temporary folders and also moved my previous windows 7 components to Windows.old folder. I am trying to get rid of this folder as i have limited space on my hard disk. However, the SYSTEM is not allowing that to happen. Also there is "$WINDOWS.~BT" folder which looks like a temporary folder, but i am not able to remove it as well. If any one has got rid of them, kindly help Thanks
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Can I delete Windows.old from Windows 8?
location: microsoft.com - date: April 15, 2013
Hi, I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 recently. I found from disk cleanup that these files have eatenup around 20GB of my C: 1) Previous windows installations- 14.2gb 2) Temporary windows installation files- 4.79gb Is it safe to delete these files?
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Can I Delete the windows.old folder after upgrading to Windows 8?
location: microsoft.com - date: October 28, 2012
There is a folder in my c drive called windows.old that is taking up over 20gb. I was wondering if it is safe to delete it? Thanks
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Does windows 8 auto delete the files in the windows.old folder?
location: microsoft.com - date: November 10, 2012
I upgraded to windows 8 about 2 weeks ago from Vista. I found my old programs in the windows.old folder and reset up my desktop links to their location in the windows.old folder. and everything ran fine. I have a 100GB SSD drive that I use for my OS and my main programs. It asked that I free up roughly 5GBs so that there be 20GB of free space. So I ran the disk clean up tool and got ride of a lot of old temp files. I think it ended up being nearly 7GBs of data freed. This was about a week ago. Still everything worked fine. And then I come home from work, wake my desktop up from sleep, mess around a bit in a game that was in the windows.old folder and used Firefox which was also in the windows.old folder and then put the PC to sleep
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Cannot delete 'Windows.old' in Windows 8.1
location: winsecrets.com - date: November 8, 2013
The upgrade to Windows 8.1 went without a hitch but I am left with three empty nested folders Windows.old\Windows\Prefetch which I have found impossible to delete. I have used administrative tools/ disc cleanup/clean up system files tried it from Safe Mode but nothing works. Error 0x80070091 The directory is not empty but according to File Explorer they are all empty. Any advice would be appreciated.
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HP dm4-3055dx - unable to use WI-FI after windows 8 upgrade
location: microsoft.com - date: March 4, 2013
after I upgraded my hp dm4-3055dx to windows 8 from windows 7. i am only able to connect to the internet with an ethernet cable. when i go change PC settings, i go to wireless and below wireless devices it wont let me turn it on its greyed out. airplane mode is off. my computer has the wifi toggle on the f12 key, every time i press it it just turns airplane mode on or off. i updated the drivers i have looked every where but no luck. it lets me turn bluetooth on. i have the intel centrino(r) wireless-n 6150. it says device is working properly i have installed all the drivers 
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Dbanning/wiping out HD, can I use windows 7 OEM or Windows 8 upgrade?
location: 7forums.com - date: January 26, 2013
I'm guessing it overwrites all the partitions.
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i am using windows 8 enterprise 90 day evaluation at last night i download windows 8 upgrade assistant free i start it and it say this windows is not available in the country you live help me thanks
location: microsoft.com - date: May 1, 2013
i am using windows 8 enterprise 90 day evaluation at last night i download windows 8 upgrade assistant free i start it and it say this windows is not available in the country you live help me thanks
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A CLEAN install of windows 8 upgrade after disk wipe.
location: 8forums.com - date: October 23, 2012
Hiya there I have a computer running windows 7 (prem) and I am wanting to do a clean install of a retail purchased DVD of windows 8 Pro upgrade. Now I am aware there are tutorials on here telling you how to do that.. deleting partitions etc and I understand them, however as I understand the process it just wipes the allocation tables then does a quick format, then installs windows 8. What I want to do is WIPE my hard drive (fill it with zero's) and then install windows 8 upgrade, is this possible or can I choose a FULL format when installing windows 8 ? I hope you understand what i mean, looking forward to your reply. Andy
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