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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
I actually just found out what caused the windows.old folder to be appearing out of nowhere and no update was actually being done. I had virus. It was pretty bad because I couldn't even install AVG or Kaspersky (something about admin blocked it for my protection), even though I AM the admin. I...- SAMMY0123876
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
I have been using my current windows installation for a couple months now and because I installed it directly (didn't upgrade from a previous windows), I never had a windows.old folder til' now. It finished doing whatever it was doing earlier and like @Neemobeer suggested, I restarted. But my...- SAMMY0123876
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
Restarted. It didn't do anything. No updates (as far as I can see) was done. Still the same version numbers as above.- SAMMY0123876
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
Update: No HDD activity on both drives now. Sitting idle for the past half hour. Windows says nothing. Version is the same as above, still. 2nd HDD free space is now 73GB+. Ceased going down in space.- SAMMY0123876
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
No, it says: Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.962) And my 2nd HDD space still getting smaller. Now 92GB free.- SAMMY0123876
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
How will I know when it's done? Should I remove it now? Or wait til' its done?- SAMMY0123876
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Windows 10 Windows.old folder, weird?
Apparently, a windows.old folder was created last night at around 11pm (I had no idea). I noticed I have increased HDD activity, and I was wondering why's that. Then windows said my boot disk space is running low, so I went to 'My Computer' and noticed a large chunk of my second HDD space is...- SAMMY0123876
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support