Recently I did an in place upgrade of my Vista system to Windows 7. All went really well, and tonight I was doing a cleanup of the system and clearing out old files. I found using TreeSize Free tool that I had a couple of folder with 8.7GB+ of files in them – one called $WINDOWS.~Q and the other called $INPLACE.~TR as you can see below. These files are left … [Read more...]
Windows 7 – In-Place Upgrade
NOTE: I wrote this post back in August so the time references are a bit out. I’ve upgraded my Toshiba Portege R500 from Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Ultimate. I’ve had the laptop now for nearly 2 years and it’s still running on the original factory installation of Windows Vista. I’ve loaded up quite a number of applications on it over time and was quite prepared to … [Read more...]