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 …

04 Jun 2022 How to Go Back (roll back) to Previous Version of Windows in Windows 10 When you upgrade to Windows 10 or update to a new version of Windows 10 (ex: Windows Update), …

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 …

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.

Dec 13, 2023 · Then I renamed my old "Windows" folder to "Windows.old" and started the disk cleanup with the "Cleanup System Files" option enabled. This easily disappeared the old …

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 …

Aug 4, 2009 · The C:\Windows.old folder contains folders and files from the previous Windows installation. Be sure to copy any files or data that you may still want to keep to another location …

Jun 22, 2020 · Windows.old folder is deleted automatically from C:\ drive. It is done in 30 days time. I got 40 GB free space back.

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 …