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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--: Original message follows :-- "Kevin Hsu" wrote in message

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 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Kevin Hsu" wrote in message

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" wrote in message

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" wrote in message 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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--: Original message follows :-- "Kevin Hsu" wrote in message

[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" wrote in message

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" wrote in message

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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--: Original message follows :-- "Kevin Hsu" wrote in message

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. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff Goldner [MS]" wrote in message

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" wrote in message 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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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

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 Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff Goldner [MS]" wrote in message 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" wrote in message 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. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

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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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message 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 Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff Goldner [MS]" wrote in message 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" wrote in message 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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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

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. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message 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 » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no 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]" wrote in message 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 Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff Goldner [MS]" wrote in message 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" wrote in message 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]" wrote in message

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 Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff Goldner [MS]" wrote in message 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" wrote in message 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