$WINDOWS.~Q directory

Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if it
isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?

Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?

-Kevin

Where about are these? I've heard Andre talk about the $-panther something
before but not quite sure what these are.
Hey, I'm here to learn as well you know :o) Best let Andre answer this one,
but I'd reckon that it's just a temporary folder with temporary files of
which were used during the installation...

.... but wait for Andre :o)

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"Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>
> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>
> -Kevin
>

I can't find the directories you are referring to, could you be more
specific, is it:
c:\windows\panther
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"Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>
> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>
> -Kevin
>

Zack,

Thanks for the response. The directory is located off C:\, so the directory
is C:\$WINDOWS.~Q. Also, the other directories are: C:\$INPLACE.~TR and
C:\$Upgrade.~OS.

FYI, I had installed 5308 as an upgrade to WinXP Pro. It looks like it
contains a lot of stuff found in my old system32 directory, but I could be
wrong. If so, maybe it's a backup for a rollback feature? I will give more
details on the contents of this directory later (I'm at work and don't have
access to my home box).

Thanks,
Kevin


"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Where about are these? I've heard Andre talk about the $-panther something
> before but not quite sure what these are.
> Hey, I'm here to learn as well you know :o) Best let Andre answer this
one,
> but I'd reckon that it's just a temporary folder with temporary files of
> which were used during the installation...
>
> ... but wait for Andre :o)
>
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> --: Original message follows :--
> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> > installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> > it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
> >
> > Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
>
>

[Replied to Zack's post]

Thanks for the response.

Yeh, if I'm not mistaken, this is random crap from the previous installation
which should be deleted without a problem. Have a browse through anyway and
make sure that none of your files are in there :o)

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"Kevin Hsu" <kevinh@cloudmark.com> wrote in message
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> [Replied to Zack's post]
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
>

Just FYI, I had gone ahead and blew away these directories without any ill
effects. So, if you have these on your system, you might be able to recover
around 2GB of space by removing these. (of course, just because my system
didn't blow up doesn't mean yours won't :-))

-Kevin



"Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>
> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>
> -Kevin
>

once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories. They
should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this time.

"Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>
> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>
> -Kevin
>

It should be all OK to go :o)

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"Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>
> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>
> -Kevin
>

Where are these directories? I need to free up some space on my 5342, I only
have like 2 MBs (seriously) left on my 10 GB partition.
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"Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft> wrote in message
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> once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories. They
> should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this time.
>
> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
>> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
>> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>>
>> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>>
>> -Kevin
>>
>
>

Andre, after I installed Vista *and* deleted what was in the Windows.old
folder, I had 8GB filled in my 80GB drive... so maybe this is about right?

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Where are these directories? I need to free up some space on my 5342, I
> only have like 2 MBs (seriously) left on my 10 GB partition.
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> "Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft> wrote in message
> news:OKtRGWEZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories. They
>> should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this time.
>>
>> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
>>> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
>>> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>>>
>>> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>>>
>>> -Kevin
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I am only aware of a Windows.old folder when you install Vista over an
existing installation of Windows, I did a clean install on the partition.
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Andre, after I installed Vista *and* deleted what was in the Windows.old
> folder, I had 8GB filled in my 80GB drive... so maybe this is about right?
>
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> that up!
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> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eiCLOdIZGHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Where are these directories? I need to free up some space on my 5342, I
>> only have like 2 MBs (seriously) left on my 10 GB partition.
>> --
>> --
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>> "Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft> wrote in message
>> news:OKtRGWEZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories.
>>> They should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this time.
>>>
>>> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
>>>> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it
>>>> if it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>>>>
>>>> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>>>>
>>>> -Kevin
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Almost certainly a bug then - whyever would Windows leave random huge
folders on a clean installation? Anybody's guess really :o)

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am only aware of a Windows.old folder when you install Vista over an
>existing installation of Windows, I did a clean install on the partition.
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> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OlY8OwIZGHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Andre, after I installed Vista *and* deleted what was in the Windows.old
>> folder, I had 8GB filled in my 80GB drive... so maybe this is about
>> right?
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
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>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eiCLOdIZGHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Where are these directories? I need to free up some space on my 5342, I
>>> only have like 2 MBs (seriously) left on my 10 GB partition.
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Andre
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>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
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>>>
>>> "Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft> wrote in message
>>> news:OKtRGWEZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories.
>>>> They should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
>>>>> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it
>>>>> if it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

For me, the directories were in c:\

No ill effects from removing them, and I got back a few gigs.

-Kevin


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Where are these directories? I need to free up some space on my 5342, I
> only have like 2 MBs (seriously) left on my 10 GB partition.
> --
> --
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> "Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft> wrote in message
> news:OKtRGWEZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> once setup completes successfully, you don't need these directories. They
>> should get removed automatically but appear not to be at this time.
>>
>> "Kevin Hsu" <kevhsu@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23vbiEzgXGHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Question : what do I do with the $WINDOWS.~Q directory after I have
>>> installed Vista? It is chewing up 1.5Gb and I'd like to get rid of it if
>>> it isn't necessary. Is it safe to blow it away?
>>>
>>> Also, what about $INPLACE.~TR and $Upgrade.~OS?
>>>
>>> -Kevin
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

See, I thought it would be as simple as Shift+Delete, too. But that's
when I ran into a snag:

[image: http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/385...error1rz8.jpg]

I've been a computer tech for a few years now, and I'm at a complete
loss. Nothing will remove this folder - not Windows, not Killbox, not
Shredder, not Eraser, nothing. I get the same error in every program,
and yet the file - despite being "not there" - is still there. The fact
that it's SecuROM makes the annoyance increase by no small amount, too.
Any suggestions?


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