In-Place Upgrade For Windows Vista to Windows 7 Leaves $WINDOWS.~Q and $INPLACE.~TR Folders Behind
Before Upgrading the Operating Systems and Service packs I usually take a note of my disk space so that I can analyze how much disk space was used after the upgrade. This time while upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7 I noticed there were two hidden folders created with the following names $WINDOWS.~Q and $INPLACE.~TR which were dramatically huge in space this space varies from MB'S TO GB'S depends upon the applications installed in your previous operating system. Now my point is
What are these folders ?
These are the temporary folders created while upgrade and used to roll back the operating system incase of problems.
Can I delete these folders ?
These folders may be safely deleted after Windows 7 has been successfully upgraded. You may also try to rename them to check if your system works normally. If it works fine, then delete them safely.
Note: This above behaviour was also found when you upgrade from Windows 2008 to 2008 R2.
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