windows.old

Hi there, I've got myself into a bit of a pickle with 8.1 on my old Dell Latitude D530 laptop. First I'd been using Windows 7 for a long time and, like everyone else I received the offer of the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did. Then I deleted the Windows.old folders unfortunately Windows...

Hello: The installation of this new update works perfectly, and everything is working well. But during installation the following files were created "$WINDOWS.~BT, Windows.old and $WINRE_BACKUP_PARTITION.MARKER (Size = 0 KB)" Can I delete these files that take up too much space? How can I...

Hi I came to my attention today that some people seem to have much smaller Windows 10 installs then I do. I don't have any software in my C:\ drive other then a few really small things like CCleaner etc. I have W10 installed on a 100 Gb partition. It uses 63 Gb of that. Only 10 of those are...

Using the repair program on the installation disk , the ALL PROGRAMS list on the the Open display was placed on the hard drive in a program Windows.old. Tried to recover with no cuccess. Any ideas?

At a basic level choosing to upgrade to the next build in Windows 10 Tech Preview is almost like an upgrade to a new os. This leaves behind such folders as windows.old which usually contain files that were used in your previous version of Windows. If like me you use an SSD then every GB is...

I recently got a used computer from an acquaintance and i thought the best way to set it up would be to just reinstall windows 7 so that i would basically give me a clean computer. However i am now regretting that decision because i cant connect to the internet and the graphics are not worth a...

Hi, So a few days ago I restored my computer in attempt to fix a few problems it was having. Unfortunately, the problem was still occurring and I no longer had any of my files. Now I am trying to replace my Local Disc (C : ) with my windows.old file to get back all the files that I lost from...

I upgraded from Win XP to Win 7 following the Microsoft guide I printed, "Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7." Everything went well except when I used EasyTransfer to transfer my Win XP Settings back to Win 7 the Bookmark Profile for FireFox V28 did not transfer over to Win 7. I reinstalled...

Suffered a head crash on a laptop's C: drive. Was able to recover nearly all the data using Linux tools, but the boot sector and some critical Win 7 files were damaged beyond recovery, so I have been unable to create a bootable volume using that info. I cloned the data to a new physical volume...

I have registered to another Windows forum a week or so ago. That forum is so lack of new questions that I seldom visit it. Today I decided to see what was cooking there. I came upon a thread which I wanted to reply. It was about running out of disk space in Windows8. I wanted to tell the OP...

Hi Background: I bought Windows 7 Home Edition disc but then upgraded online to Pro so I don't have a disc for Pro Edition. When I got an error message about hal.dll not working, and could neither restore to an earlier point nor get the OS to fix itself, someone in another Forum told me to...

Basically, I used Disk Cleanup utility on a windows 7 Ultimate machine to delete the Windows.old folder only to discover that it contained a critical amount of data in the 'users/JonDoe/' which was referenced to from the upgrade by a simple shortcut on the desktop. How can I recover the...

Hello. I don't have a hard drive large enough to backup the data on my daughter's netbook with a corrupted W7 starter install. When I attempt to re-install W7 starter, it does tell me that if it detects a previous Windows install, it will move the files over into a Windows.old folder. I'm...

Hello all, Came across this yesterday. Video on how to remove Windows.old after upgrading to Windows 8; Hope you find this useful Don

Hi, I've had Windows 8 since Halloween and its been fine until I had deleted my Windows.old folder. Everything seemed fine afterwards but it was when I noticed games weren't loading at all. I tried restarting but then it had to dianose and repair but that didn't seem to work nor did reset...

My son in his haste, installed the system disk and loaded windows again. Now I have a folder windows.old created. Can I just simply copy folders back to root drive? There is no restore points to go to ,the laptop is new. I have reloaded most of the drivers but there are some programs in the...

Hi all, I upgraded form Windows Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. It must have not been a clean install bc i had several Windows.old folders. I deleted some of them but still have windows.old and some of windows.old.000. I want to keep windows.old, but wish to delete all of windows.old.000...

Hi. I've been having a persistent BSOD and CTD problem with my desktop PC for over a year now. It's getting to the point where it's unuseable. I upgraded frmo Vista to Windows 7 in an attempt to resolve the issue, but sadly it's still there. I then went back and upgraded again as a 'fresh...

OK. Here's what happen. I was uninstalling IE9 because my son need to file on-line for unemployment, and our state website would only work with IE8. (I use FF as my main browser) Anyway, as I was uninstalling IE9, my son came into the room while I was out of the room and turned my computer off...

Describes how to restore a previous Windows installation by using the Windows.old folder after you install Windows 7. This article assumes that you did not format the hard disk partition before you installed Windows 7. More...