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CompProbSolv, ok on both accounts, thanks a lot.
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CompProbSolv, ok on both accounts, thanks a lot.

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worked ! thanks again . . .
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I recently installed a new SSD drive and loaded Windows 7 from scratch. Then I installed the orig hard drive as a 2nd drive, everything seems ok.<br />
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But to clean up the now 2nd hard drive, it is generally safe to delete everything under the &quot;Windows&quot; folder ? I don't see anything in there that I need particularly, but just want to check.<br />
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There is also F:\drive which says &quot;Factory Image&quot;, has one folder, &quot;Recovery&quot;, nothing else, It has 12 GB total, 1.65 GB free. Is there a way I can reclaim that ?<br />
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Also, when my computer goes to sleep, upon waking up the &quot;D:\&quot; drive (DVD) is missing . . . if I re-boot it always shows up again . . . I was inside the PC adding the new SSD drive and putting the orig HD as 2nd drive, but didn't really mess with the DVD drive / connection.
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I recently installed a new SSD drive and loaded Windows 7 from scratch. Then I installed the orig hard drive as a 2nd drive, everything seems ok.

But to clean up the now 2nd hard drive, it is generally safe to delete everything under the "Windows" folder ? I don't see anything in there that I need particularly, but just want to check.

There is also F:\drive which says "Factory Image", has one folder, "Recovery", nothing else, It has 12 GB total, 1.65 GB free. Is there a way I can reclaim that ?

Also, when my computer goes to sleep, upon waking up the "D:\" drive (DVD) is missing . . . if I re-boot it always shows up again . . . I was inside the PC adding the new SSD drive and putting the orig HD as 2nd drive, but didn't really mess with the DVD drive / connection.

cleaning up 2nd internal hard drive that was previously the OS drive; also DVD drive disappears

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