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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Aug 10, 2019 · Do I need to keep "Windows.old" I installed Build 18362 today and find I am nearly out of space on my solid state C: drive. Windows.old was created and uses up about 32 G of …

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 …

Apr 25, 2021 · The windows.old file is created whenever an new OS upgrade is performed... i.e. upgrading from 1903 to 2004. Again, lots of way a user file can grow, and also storage get …

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 …

Nov 28, 2023 · Recover user profile & other data from windows.old without manual copy I had issues with booting my laptop, tried various fixes, none worked so I did a re-install of Windows …

Jun 17, 2025 · Can't delete old windows dir I upgraded Win 7 to Win 10, now I can't delete the "Windows.old" folder. I'm the only user of the PC and I even changed the ownership of this …