Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out if a file I found on my C drive, that's labeled "Panther". It says its a form of windows, but I've never seen a windows down load look like this does. It looks like this $Windows~BT. I've tried to delete it, but it won't let me. I've tried going to administrator permissions & changing them & then trying to delete & nothing. I've rebooted my computer to factory settings & wiped everything out, still there. Please can someone tell me if this is a virus or a legit windows download. And if its a virus, how I can remove it off my laptop
CLSmith
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Re: A file in my C drive called Panther
Windows.old and $Windows.~BT contain files left over from when you most likely upgraded your operating system to a newer version of Windows. Those files will include user profiles, the Program files folder and others. If you have fully migrated your data from the old OS, go ahead and remove them.
From the Windows Start menu, navigate to Accessories >> System Tools
Launch Disk Cleanup and allow it to scan your drives.
Click the button Clean up system files and allow the program to scan your drives again.
When complete, select Previous Windows installation(s) and Temporary Windows Installation Files
Click OK then Delete
Windows.old and $Windows.~BT contain files left over from when you most likely upgraded your operating system to a newer version of Windows. Those files will include user profiles, the Program files folder and others. If you have fully migrated your data from the old OS, go ahead and remove them.
From the Windows Start menu, navigate to Accessories >> System Tools
Launch Disk Cleanup and allow it to scan your drives.
Click the button Clean up system files and allow the program to scan your drives again.
When complete, select Previous Windows installation(s) and Temporary Windows Installation Files
Click OK then Delete
Re: A file in my C drive called Panther
Thank you so; so very much gcavan!!!...you've been such a blessing to me for helping me out & by responding so fast to my post. I would've never figured this out on my own. You don't know how much I appreciate your help with this. I've been so scared to use my laptop for fear of not knowing if this was a virus I had or not. I feel like one thank you is not enough, so THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Thank you so; so very much gcavan!!!...you've been such a blessing to me for helping me out & by responding so fast to my post. I would've never figured this out on my own. You don't know how much I appreciate your help with this. I've been so scared to use my laptop for fear of not knowing if this was a virus I had or not. I feel like one thank you is not enough, so THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
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