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I have an external harddrive which i have used with a previous computer that had Windows Live OneCare.

I want to clear the Windows Live OneCare files as they take up 70GB of my Harddrive space, and i no longer have the computer they are for.

However, it will not let me delete them saying i need administrative permision. Is there anyway to delete this without having to format the harddrive?

Thursday, December 9, 2010 2:54 PM

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See: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecarebackupandrestore/thread/f0281206-ed0b-474c-8541-cc50843e5be2

The easiest solution, however, is to format the drive. If there is other data on the drive, copy it to another drive first.

-steve
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- Marked as answer by Stephen BootsMVP, Moderator Thursday, December 9, 2010 4:10 PM
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