windows.old

Just a quick question. I bought an upgrade version of win 7 from Vista. I couldn't upgrade it because my old os was in english and the new one is in french, so I did a fresh install of win 7 Now, everything went well, but I always have a promprt asking if I want to start under vista or 7...

So, I'm probably going to sound like a completel noob here, but whatever. I just did a custom install of Windows 7 (64-bit) on my laptop using my upgrade version. Everything went fine, for the most part, but apparently I didn't format my partition properly. I assumed that with a custom install...

Hello all, I just upgraded to W7 tonight and I have a question (surprise...). I backed up all my files onto my other hard drives, and made a little list of all the programs i might need to istall because I wanted to to a clean install. To be honest, I don't remember which way I upgraded it...

I installed Windows 7 and dont have Microsoft Office anymore. I chose clean install and the install was not clean, it changed my old system files and office into a file called windows.old. I can access this file from command prompt but do not know how to reinstall microsoft office. Does...

This tutorial describes how to install Windows XP and Windows 7 on the same partition (first tutorial for one partition written). The short concept: Install XP twice and have 7 replace the first installation. Warning! Tested once. Need more testers to confirm it works for everyone and the...

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I have 2 sets of these from repeated failed Windows 7 installs now and while it says I should go ahead and delete them, I cannot get them to go away for the life of me! I have tried doing the disk cleanup, but I don't have the option to clean up the previous Windows installation files. Any...

i just did a custom install of windows 7 on my HP laptop, my computer says i have 20 out of 220 gigs left meaning that my music and movies are still on there but i cannot find them!! i was fine with starting over from scratch but this is worse b/c all my hard drive space is being taken up and i...

I am recieving my free copy of windows 7 64bit. I was curious if i do a in place upgrade will it just upgrade my current windows installation and migrate all my programs to windows 7 or will it create a windows.old folder with all my stuff in there? I know a fresh install is the way to go but...

hey, can any1 tell, is the windows.old folder important? i can see there is a WINDOWS folder with system files are they being used on my current installition? thank you

Ok first thing is first, I'm not very good with computers, so if you go step-by-step it'll be great. I got a laptop not too long ago, and it came with Vista Home Premium. I disliked Vista after awhile, having problems with it, and Windows 7 seemed like a good idea. I installed Windows 7 today...

Hey guys and gals, newbie question coming up :razz: How do i get Vista back :confused: I did backed up from vista when i download the Windows 7 RC but have some how managed to loss the folder where i kept it, but i have still got the windows.old folder. Can i do anything with this ...

I installed RTM (x86), and did a "fresh install". When setup was done, I went to delete Windows.old and Windows.000. Windows.000 deleted OK. Windows.old ( which has /Windows and /Program Files directories in it ) won't delete. The OS keeps telling me I need "Trusted Installer" permission to...

M$ has laid down the rules..... upgrading from an activated RC to RTM will not carry your programs and settings over. Microsoft confirms Windows 7 RC upgrade rules by Link Removed due to 404 Error, posted Jul 14th 2009 at 11:23AM Link Removed due to 404 Error As October 22nd hastily...

Hello all. I have just installed Windows 7 for the third time. And each time I have had the same problem. It runs along fine then suddenly I'll get a blank white screen and the system seem's to have frozen. It can also be blue and white stripes or white with grey lines. Is this a known bug and...

Im new to W7, installed it yesterday. As I was sick and tired of my computer and how slow it has been recently I decided to do a completely fresh install. Halfway through I realise that I didnt back up my emails in my outlook! Is there any way these can be retrieved from windows.old?

I was on Build 7000 and had a few sticky notes on my desktop. In my haste to use Build 7100 (RC), I did a clean install of 7100 on the same partition and it put my previous installation files in a folder Windows.old. Can anyone help me with where I can find and recover my sticky notes in the...

When Windows 7 Beta expires in August, will there be a way to return to Vista? I noticed when installing the beta a folder called "Windows.old" was created. I assume this contains all the needed Vista system files. If you can't go back, what's the point of this folder?