Restore Windows.old programs

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• How can I restore my old programs after a reinstall of Windows Vista?

  I received advice from Error 80070426 trying to update Windows.  For months. and I followed the instructions to back up my data and reinstall Windows Vista Home premium on my computer.  Well, now I will try to find all my old programs and restore all will do them is to restore the date reinstalled my system.  What should I do now?

  A backup of the data is just that. If you reinstalled Vista, then you now need to reinstall your programs. then restore your data.

  Sorry I don't have better news.

• Restore Windows.old

  Vista has stopped working so I reloaded Vista from my recovery disc.  All my applications are lost but it created Windows.old.  When I "right click" Windows.old one option is to restore a previus version.  If I restore it will be just restore to a version that is broken and will not work?

  Similarly there are instructions on the terminology of the MS site to "restore a computer to a previous Windows Installation.  Again, the question is it just refers to a broken version of windows.

  I have deally I want is restore my apps and my documets to the new working version of Vista.  Is this possible?

  Hello

  double wire

  answered in another thread

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-system/restoring-from-windowsold/398f9c9c-2424-448C-9993-b9205a2e28cc?page=1&TM=1309724479718#footer

• Windows 8 has been deleted and my windows.old/programfiles?

  I was rather annoyed that windows 8, rather than integrate my existing programs and settings, pushed everything including parameters in windows.old/ProgramFiles (what is the point of having a check box that says 'keep existing settings' if it has not yet rendered my inaccessible email until I downloaded windows live mail again?)

  However, after hours of violin, I managed to do a combination of programs to re - install and run with difficult settings from the file directory windows.old/program through desktop shortcuts
  In recent days the shortcuts no longer works and I see windows 8 has been deleted and my windows.old/programfiles directory!
  It is not in my trash, it isn't in my forties AVG
  
  Anyone know where it is!
  I did not understand why windows 8 should go through all my programs from the road, so it would take me hours to do shortcuts... but deleting the entire directory and my settings? Come on, this is ridiculous
  HELLLLP!

  Andy

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question on the Forum of the Microsoft community.

  From your problem description, I understand that the Windows .old folder is deleted from your computer Windows 8.

  To better help you, pease provides us with the following information.

  1. When did you install Windows 8 on your computer?

  I understand that the inconvenience caused to you, unfortunately widows .old folder will remove automatically after 28 days, as Windows has been installed.

  It will also remove automatically when the player has less than 10% free space.

  I'm sorry to inform that it is not possible to recover if the Windows.old folder is deleted from your computer.

  Response with the required information. If you have additional questions, please get back to us and we would be happy to help you.

• files and folders in the windows.old folder missing

  Recently, I updated my windows 8. (a day and a half)

  Today I was moving the content in the folder windows.old to the other locations, (4 ~ 5 h ago)

  Suddenly, after the computer has restarted, the content in the windows.old folder disappeared except for users and windows folders.

  I copy the files from windows.old/Program files and I don't know that I do not delete the folder by myself.

  I read previous posting on similar problems, but that's because they kept their too long files or their disk space was not enough.

  But I have enough space in my C drive and just refreshed 1 ~ 2 days ago.

  I did not drive or any cleaning that is.

  It is unreasonable to a system to remove the backup files after a few days without noticing.

  Please let me know how to solve this problem and to recover these files.

  There are a lot of files in the previous program files, I need to recover the precious.

  Hi Junwhan,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I can understand the importance of data could be in the Windows.old folder and we regret the inconvenience.

  Yes, Windows 8 has a new timer feature which will automatically delete Windows.old files after a period of 4 weeks since the upgrade. The idea is to avoid the waste of space giving you plenty of time to get what you need out of the folder and delete those that sit for months or even years.

  Since it's just been 1-2 days of update process, you can activate the "hidden objects" to see if the Windows.old files appear.

  As you open the file Explorer, click view and check the hidden items

  In addition, if you use third-party antivirus program control the log of activities see if there is any action taken at the time where the files have disappeared.  Most of the antivirus program automatically deletes the default files. You can change these settings, however, it is not recommended.

  If you use the default, Windows Defender (WD) on Windows 8.1 then WD has real-time analysis allow by default. Refer to this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/wiki/protect_defender-protect_start/windows-defender-on-windows-8-introduction-and/f1e00106-6687-4efe-9ec0-ed9f72fabb92

  Check the history of Windows Defender:

  1. Type of user interface modern Windows defender.

  2. Click Windows Defender.

  3. Click the history tab, and then click Details.

  4. Check Date and time if you find any virus.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.

• How can I restore my "windows.old" of Vista upgrade programs?

  I recently upgraded XP to Vista and found all my program files are saved as "windows.old".

  To save me all reinstall them, can I transfer to Vista? If this is not the case, how can I get rid of all to free up space on my old PC?

  N ° you need to install the tr from the original installation media. If you find my answer helpful, please click the button "Vote as helpful"! Thank you! My Blog

• How to recover programs from windows.old after reinstalling windows vista edition Home premium

  I had to reinstall windows - all of my previous programs seem to be in a folder called windows.old, but they won't work here.  How to restore these?  In particular, I would like to recover my old Windows Mail settings and files and also norton antivirus.

  Here is the procedure to retrieve the data from Windows.old: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932912/.  You can't recover programs from windows.old - which is not possible.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• Is it safe to restore the Windows.old folder?

  BACKGROUND:

  I have a Dell Studio 540 in Windows Vista Ultimate which suddenly crashed, then wouldn't restart, saying: "no available boot device." Apparently, the hard drive boot sector had been corrupted. After of the painstaking efforts to save as many as possible training and have unsuccessfully using CHKDSK or Seagate tools to repair the drive, I finally resorted to a clean reinstall using the Dell OEM Windows Vista reinstallation disc. I chose the option to move all old files/folders in a folder Windows.old and I am now able to start Windows. However, all settings prerequisites, programs, files and folders from the previous installation are still in the Windows.old folder. For now, I run a full CHKDSK again (and he says 'Corrupt file attribute Deleting the file record segment X X' so I hope that some repairs happens)...
  But what I would do, if possible and if it will not cause problems, use the instructions in this MS support article "how to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista." But before I do that, my question is the following:
  QUESTION:
  If I had to do a reinstall of Vista due to damage/corruption of the hard drive, and if all what information has been moved to the folder Windows.old during this process, is it possible that restore the folder Windows.old to the previous installation would restore any damage/corruption existed, thus causing the problem to return or make things worse? Or should I not worry about the restoration of the old "problem"?

  Hello

  You can use the restore feature if the previous installation was good.

  It is not in your case; If this isn't an option for you.

  You can use the windows.old folder to retrieve your data.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  But the programs must be reinstalled form the original media.

  And when you're done with the windows.olf folder you can delete.

  "How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after you install Windows Vista"

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527

  And it is perhaps an idea to run Dell Diagnostics and eventually replace your drive hard if it comes up with errors.

  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/systems/WS340/en/UG/DIAGS.htm

  See you soon.

• Restore from Windows.old

  Vista has stopped working so I reloaded Vista from my recovery disc.  All my applications are lost but it created Windows.old.  When I "right click" Windows.old one option is to restore a previus version.  If I restore it will be just restore to a version that is broken and will not work?

  Similarly there are instructions on the terminology of the MS site to "restore a computer to a previous Windows Installation.  Again, the question is it just refers to a broken version of windows.

  I have deally I want is restore my apps and my documets to the new working version of Vista.  Is this possible?

  Hello

  with windows.old you can only retrieve data; If accessible

  We do not know what are the damage caused to your system causing you to reinstall vista or if the data can be extracted

  programs need to be reinstalled from the original, CD, DVD media, etc.

  ________________________________________________________________

  Follow the steps below and try to recover your data

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

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  you do not rollback the problems of 'old' in your operating system that caused you to reinstall vista

• reinstalled vista and I want to get my old programs and data in the windows.old directory saved

  My system crashed, and after that a dozen tries to fix, I reinstalled edition vista family. I still have my old files and progrmas in windows.old file I can access but can't get the programs and data in the file. Is there a way to do this?

  Hello

  These should help you recover you can:

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  How to restore your Windows.old folder in a new Installation
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/237033-Windows-old-folder-restore-into-new-installation.html

  I hope this helps.

• Windows.Old - Can I load the entire file at once my computer is restored with it's info earlier?

  original title: Windows to restore the old windows.old file

  Hi all. I recently had to reinstall my os after that sp1 problems (thanks a lot to Microsoft) I now have a windows.old folder with all of my old saved stuff. Question is, can I load the entire file at once my computer is restored with it's info earlier? Pls let me know. Thanks in advance

  Hello

  None

  You can not load the whole file

  Windows.Old is not to restore your computer

  You can only recover data from the windows.old folder

  programs need to be reinstalled from the original media

  Read about the windows.old folder

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

• How can I recover programs and data from Windows.old after upgrade to Vista?

  Windows XP Professional has been installed beforehand.  None of the programs or data have been transferred to Vista.

  Hello

  You cannot recover programs from windows.old folder

  It needs to be reinstalled from the original media

  Here's how to retrieve data from the windows.old folder

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

• Restore files from the Windows.old folder

  original title: I want as my files back!

  I had to reinstall my windows vista on my computer and I thought that my files had been erased. I thought about everything, pictures to program files and user settings were gone. BUT I found all in a folder called "Windows.old" and it has everything in it. I want that all these files in return. As in like a restoration.  Is there a way I can do it at all?

  Programs must be reinstall it from the original media: CD, etc.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  Read the info above re windows.old

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• How can I recover Favorites and passwords after a change of operating system and older programs are listed in a windows.old folder?

  Recently, I had a fatal crash of my Windows XP Pro system. I clean installed Vista (would not allow an upgrade installation), and it offers all my settings and programs in a windows.old folder. I wish I could recover my passwords stored (even if I have to go manually) and my favorites for Firefox. I was running version 4 at the time of the accident of the o/s. Thanks for any help you can provide.

  Just as I expected. Before you follow my instructions, you may need to change your folder options to show hidden files. Now go to:

  C:/Windows.old/documents and Settings / < user on XP name > / Application Data

  And copy the text to the Mozilla folder for

  C:/Users / < username on Vista > / AppData/Roaming/Mozilla

  If the Mozilla folder does not exist, create it.

  Now in C:/windows.old/Documents and Settings / < user name on XP > / Local Settings/Application Data

  And copy the text within the Mozilla folder in

  C:/Users / < username on Vista > / AppData/Local/Mozilla

  Yet once, if the Mozilla folder does not exist, create it and rename it to Mozilla.

  I hope this helps!
  handsomeorlandoman

• After having recently updated windows, some programs no longer work. In addition, System Restore does not work.

  After having recently updated windows, some programs no longer work.  Also, when I went to do a system restore, that he would not allow me to restore to an earlier date.  Among the programs that no longer work are VLC Media player, ieploxer, f.lux.  Even though I have uninstalled and reinstalled they would not load correctly.  I would get the splash screen for the program, but noting else.  When I am gone in Windows Task Manager the program would not appear in Applications, but there are processes running.  And an interesting thing, the exe afficheraient use of the 72K memory.  Still, even for different programs.

  What can I do?

  Start the command prompt, and then type

  sfc/scannow

  Do check and see what the result is.

  Also run full system scan with:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx