Apr 4, 2023 · Published by Shawn Brink Category: Backup & Restore 04 Apr 2023 How to Restore Files from Windows.old Folder in Windows 10 When you refresh, upgrade, or custom install Windows 10 …

May 2, 2023 · If the Windows.old folder was unable to be removed using either option below, then take ownership of the Windows.old folder and all contents, and try again. * Owner of Files and Folders - …

Sep 12, 2016 · Windows.old is huge - what can I delete? I was doing some disk maintenance checks on my computer and noticed that "Windows.old", the previous OS version prior to upgrading to Windows …

Apr 25, 2023 · Backup / move Windows.old file I was going to clone my HP laptop hard drive, but first I want to move the huge folder, "Windows.old" to a NVMe hard dive (in enclosure) for archiving. I tried …

Nov 4, 2017 · I clean-installed both times from the Windows 10 iso file, downloaded from MS. I see that I have several Windows.old files. I'd like to revert back to Windows 10 before both clean reinstalls, …

Jan 17, 2016 · Hi folks, I want to delete the windows old folder in windows 10 as its hogging up quite a bit of space, only upgraded windows 8 to 10 a few days ago.

Aug 10, 2019 · It's there to role back if needed if you don't want that you can't delete it as it's protected you need to run disk cleanup once run take the option to remove old windows and system files then …

Jun 22, 2020 · Windows.old not auto deleting Hi, after an upgrade how long should it be til windows.old deletes itself? I think MS keeps changing it around perhaps. My understanding was after 10 days. …

Apr 14, 2021 · can Windows.old files be swapped? I still have a Windows.old file from a previous upgrade from 1909 to 2004. I have renamed it so it can't be auto-deleted. I have also extended the …

Jun 5, 2020 · IMO before this type of update proceeds ms should issue a popup -- have you backed up your system -- if you respond No or just hit enter then a windows.old file will be created otherwise the …