When I tried to delete file from the windows.old directory it estimate that it will take 3 days. I booted from my other drive using XP and it took 5 second.
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When I tried to delete file from the windows.old directory it estimate that it will take 3 days. I booted from my other drive using XP and it took 5 second.
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