windows.old

OK, I upgraded from home to windows ultimate and it totally destroyed my laptop computer. I don't have any drivers it doesn't read that I have wireless internet. Ethernet cable works but Ive been downloading drivers for my computer and nothing is helping. There is still my old version of windows...

Describes how to move files and folders from the Windows.old folder that Windows Vista creates when you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista or of Windows 7. Link Removed

Folks I got a clean Win 7 install. I have 2 problems, first it seems windows kept some data in windows.old folder. Do those files have impact on my system? If yes should I format all over again and re-do all the steps? Assuming it has no impact I have another problem, windows complain it cannot...

Recently had the "Error Loading Operating System" problem. I didn't have my original copy of Windows 7, so I downloaded one off the internet and used the product key located underneath my laptop, but I'm having some problems. I used Partition 2 to install the Windows 7 again and I was able to...

Hello guys, new here with a great hope to get help for a brand new problem I’ve never been facing before which is driving me crazy for many hours ‘till this very moment am writing down these words. I’m running a single Windows 7 Ultimate x86 OS on my laptop and it used to work very well ‘till...

I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, after installation & upddating drivers I notice the lack of space on my hard drive. A windows.old file on the c: had been created. I deleted all the files that are no longer in use, but this was on a small amount. I have lost 220GB of space on my HD of the...

Hello, I just installed windows 7, and have a few important questions. 1 - When a clean install is done, going from XP to 7 is there the folder windows.old created, or is that only done when it is an upgrade? 2 - Every day, a few times every day I am having programs freeze on me. I have to...

I apologize if the answer is posted somewhere else, but I can't seem to find it. Can you retrieve your program files from windows.old, after clean install of Windows 7? If you double click on a program within the windows.old file, it works. How do I transfer these programs out of this folder...

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 ...