• stappern@lemmy.oneOP
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    1 year ago

    this is not the system folder, different drive, old windows install and no not every os has this. luckly…

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      1 year ago

      If you try to access an old Linux install you could run into the exact same problem. Both Linux and Windows nowadays use filesystems with permissions embedded into them, so if the user on the new install doesn’t match the old one you’ll have a problem.

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        1 year ago

        i just deleted what i needed with another os, i didnt want to format it i needed some space and wanted to keep some folders

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      1 year ago

      Why wouldn’t you just format the drive if it had an old windows install?

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          Back up the folders and format the disk. If you’re deleting system files and folders, you’re clearly not running the OS from this other disk. Why waste the space on unneeded system files?