Removing old XP files

I installed Vista over XP and old files are now shown in
c:\windows.old

Anyway I can remove this please and recover the space? Vista obviously
blocks attempts to remove it.

Even if you do manage to delete the files back them on DVD first. Have you
tried the
disk clean up utilty? That should remove the file with no problem.
"a@aol.com" wrote:

>
> I installed Vista over XP and old files are now shown in
> c:\windows.old
>
> Anyway I can remove this please and recover the space? Vista obviously
> blocks attempts to remove it.
>