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• I forgot to export one of my adressbooks before reinstalling my pc. I can find it in windows.old?

  When I exported my AddressBook for a backup, I thought I had all the addresses, but it was only my personal book. My company addressbook, I had no backup. Maybe I can find it in Windows.old?

  Thank you very much for your help!
  ... someone gave me this location: C:\windows.old\Users\ < gebruiker > \AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ < random code >.default\abook.mab
  This is and I could fix it. #happy
  Ineke love

• How to export bookmarks to C:\Windows.old\users\robin\appdata\roaming\mozilla\firefox\profiles to update Firefox

  I had to update my computer and it saved my files, but none of my favorites. Through various searches I I was able to view hidden files, then find the old bookmarks C:\Windows.old\users\robin\appdata\roaming\mozilla\firefox\profiles file. But now I don't know what to do with it. How can I get these in the new download of Firefox? Please help me.

  Robin

  In the profile folder, you can see the bookmarkbackups inside this folder, you can see on 10 copy of json with the most recent files, and then restore your bookmarks to this json file:

  • Restoring backups

• After the OS from Vista to Windows 7 upgrade, lost bookmarks. Could they be somewhere in "windows.old"?

  Hello

  I upgraded my OS from Vista to Windows 7 and lost bookmarks, I had in Firefox. Back up my documents files and they are OK. Unfortunately, I don't think to back up my Firefox bookmarks.html file.

  However, I did the upgrade of the operating system from the disk and a "windows.old" folder has been created which seems to have a lot of my old files, applications, and others, but I can't find "bookmarks.html" in the firefox folder or in my user folder.

  Is there another place in windows.old where bookmarks could be, or a different file name, it may be under?

  Please help, there are a few important bookmarks that I lost and which were accumulated over several years.

  Thank you!

  Firefox has not used the file bookmarks.html for storage of bookmark since the release of Firefox 2. You need a JSON bookmark backup file or the file places.sqlite. See this:
  
  http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

  Your old profile is located here in Windows Vista and Win7:
  
  drive: \Users\Windows login user name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile_name

  You may need to display 'files and hidden folders' in Win7 to be able to access the Firefox profile in windows.old files and the new installation of the OS.

• 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

• Satellite A100-216: can I move Windows.old for drive external HARD

  Hello

  I got my satellite A100-216 almost 12 months, (and I'm pleassed with it, incidentally), and bought with XP, but she has the option (taken) to get the upgrade to Vista Home Premium.

  I have finally plucked courage to Vista and have a question.

  In the book, it says that the hard drive will be completely erased, and all must be safeguarded. OK - did this.
  It lights up during loading to say that only a full upgrade is possible and that the old windows will be stored in a folder called "Windows.old" even if the operating system will be unusable.
  There seemed no option but to agree with what is happening and lo and here is the record + Windows.old + is here, and it's * Gb * 6 in size!

  After saving everything, can I really keep this large amount of things on my HARD drive. I can move it on my external hard drive?

  The capacity of the HARD drive, (nominally 100 GB) but showing 93Gb shows 24,6 now used by Vista without other programs or drivers installed.

  If I remove this 6 GB, I'll have a more reasonable 75 GB to play with.

  The other option would have been to start on an OEM XP disk, opt for delete and re-create a primary partition and load Vista from there after the format. Would it be: r: work and B: use less space.

  If the 6 GB file is all that it would save, I'll just save it on my external HARD drive.

  Thanks :)

  Post edited by: dave1510

  Hi Dave,.

  The Windows.old folder is a backup of your files/folders/settings of your XP system etc.

  It is automatically created during the process of update for Vista and is designed as a quick way to return to the earlier version of the operating system if you need to do. \obviously its value will decrease over time, once you start using Vista, because different files will become obsolete with the use.

  The normal procedure is to remove these backup files "shadow", once you are happy that Vista is not working properly and there is an option to do it for you in the utiliy Vista disk cleanup.

• HP ENVY 17 Leap Motion SE: Windows.old

  I noticed that, after the latest version of software of M/S there is now a folder in my drive C marked 'windows.old '.  It seems to be big enough and seems to have a lot of the stuff that is in the ordinary "windows" directory.  I understand that the update probably renamed my directory windows previous windows.old before installing a new one, but I do not understand the purpose of leave the directory 'windows.old' on the computer after the update found.

  Can someone please tell me if the "windows.old" directory is necessary, or can it be deleted?

  Any info that you can do about it would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Hello:

  You can consult the user files in the windows.old folder to determine if there are files you want to keep before you delete the windows.old folder.

  You don't need to run Windows.

  Which should happen when Microsoft pushed the latest version of W10 to all PCs running the first version.

  This happened to me in November.

  It won't get deleted by itself, then you will need to run the disk and then Cleanup utility when you get to the disk cleanup window, click on the box of files of cleaning system on the lower left side of the window.

  She will run again and when you get to the disk cleanup window, you can check all the boxes including the window.old box for remove and free up space on the hard disk.

  If your laptop does not have a a SSD drive, also run the Disk Defragmenter utility in order to optimize the drive afterwards.

• delete windows.old

  I upgraded Windows 10 on my Jet 7 HP. However, now drive C is dangerously low on space. I tried to delete Windows.old, but many items require authorization of the system to do. I'm the administrator, the file seems to be configured to allow me, administrator and full access to the system, but I can't delete this folder. Y at - it something to remove it?

  Hello:

  Yes, there is.

  Run the disk cleanup utility.

  Once you get to the disk cleanup window, click the button files cleaning system on the lower left side of the window.

  The utility will run again and display the same window, but now you will be able to check the box of files from a previous Installation of Windows (as well as the other boxes to check), and you will then be able to get rid of the Window.old file.

  Note: If you do this, you will not be able to easily return to the previous operating system, so make sure you W10 works right in all respects before you delete the Windows.old folder.

• Waste product creates Backup Windows.old after format

  Hello
  I have Toshiba Satellite A200-1CR Windows Vista Basic
  I want to format the system with DVD product, is recovery product recovery backup Windows.old after format?

  Concerning

  Hello

  No, the Toshiba Recovery CD format the whole HARD drive and installs all new!

  Simply said; the use of the recovery CD redefines the laptop to factory settings.

  Best regards

• Windows.Old file

  I have reinstall my pc. I found out about windows.old file after. It occupies a lot of space (19 + GB). is it safe to delete them? or will it hurt on my reinstalled windows 7 HP Touchsmart 310? Thank you

  Hello:

  It is perfectly safe to delete, but check once more that you can keep all the files.

  You can easily get rid of the windows.old file (once check you it again once you may have forgotten to back up all the files), by launching the disk cleanup utility and click the button files system at the bottom left of the window cleaning disc cleaning.

  When it's done to calculate, you will see the folder windows.old in the list of files - you can remove. Check that and it will be gone.

  Then run disk defragment tool to compact disc because there is a huge 'hole' where was the windows.old folder.

• HP Pavilion 15-ak011na Gaming: windows.old folder sitting on the c: /.

  I did a major update of windows 10 that took 2 1/2 hours to do this week, on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, I noticed today that I have a folder windows.old on the c: / drive containing 18.6 GB, I also just have a Windows folder, as I only have a 128 GB SSD m2, it is a large part of the space , I can remove it with out risking the BONES do not.

  Thank you

  @evans89lfc

  If you are satisfied with the W10, and then delete it.

  This is the file that will be used if you want to return to your previous operating system.

  I deleted my and it releases about 20 GB.

  REO

• Updated T430s to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro wanting to downgrade to Windows 7 (without Windows.old)

  Lenovo T430s 2355A 16

  Here's my problem.

  Preinstall Windows 7-> Recovery media creadted-> upgraded to Windows 8-> Windows.old folder have been deleted-> trying to downgrade to Windows 7 using Recovery-> failed to retrieve media!

  Are there other ways that I could go back to Windows 7? All I have is the engraved on DVD recovery media.

  Good day and welcome to the community.

  As you mention that you created the recovery media and it fails to restore your system with Win7 preload delivered, I would recommend that you contact the Service, let them know that your created set failed to work and ask that they provide you with a set of factory recovery DVDs. The details are below.

  Hope that helps you get things sorted.

  Kind regards.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Windows.Old files

  Due to errors, I reinstalled windows 7 on my laptop for the 4th time and have almost no memory.  I have 3 windows.old files that take up a lot of place and wonder if it is safe to delete these.

  Hello

  As these files contain only files from your previous installations, if you have everything you need for personal data, etc., you can safely remove them.

  For more information on how to do this, see the document from Microsoft at the following link.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/how-do-i-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

  Best regards

  DP - K

• Pavilion 550-114 a: Windows.old

  I was wondering why my new desktop Windows 10 has a large windows.old folder? This means it is really an operating system upgrade (from windows 7 or 8.1) rather than of what I assumed was a new generation of Windows 10 own?

  Hello:

  It's quite possible HP installed the last version of the original W10 November that came out in July.

  That would leave a Windows 10 windows.old folder.

  I have a Windows.old folder on all of my PCs running W10 when it first came out and I installed the version update in November.

  Product sheet page States it comes with W10 home...

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-550-100-desktop-PC-series/8499648/model/8803960/document/c04812521/

  I would just delete the Windows.old folder.

  Remove you it by using the disk cleanup utility, and then after what happens to the disk cleanup window, click the files button cleaning system, it will start and then the window will appear again and you can check all the files you want to delete including the windows.old folder.

  Make sure that the swsetup carried over to the new installation folder before proceeding.

  That the folder contains the original drivers and files for installing software that came with your PC.

• How can I delete windows.old folder without losing the hibernation file.

  Mr President.

  I recently refreshed my system and a unwanted windows .old file has been generated and it consumes 11 GB of my disk space. So Iwould like to delete this file but the HP support assistant gave me a warning that I should not remove hibernation and sleep file, otherwise I would lose this facility of my system. Thanks for mentioning the steps I have to do to remove the same.

  Yours faithfully,

  R_rk06

  Hello

  Folder Windows.Old has nothing to do with the Hibernate. If uou wishes, you can remove it using cleaning system, not normal to delete, to explore. The following steps see the way in which:

  1. Open Disk Cleanup by clicking on the button start . In the search box, type and then disk cleanup in the list of results, click Disk Cleanup.

     If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  2. In the dialog box disk cleanup, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click on clean up system files.

     If you are again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  3. Select the check box Previous Windows installations and the other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  4. In the message that appears, click on delete files.

• How downgrade win7 for xp... &#60; windows.old &#62; folder is missing

  I want to my computer hp laptop of low grade...

  I have xp2 oem

  I have windows 7 Home Premium upgrade

  pls help ty

  Reference:

  How to uninstall Windows 7
     http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971762

  If scenario 1 applies to you and C:\Windows.old <=this> is no longer available, you're the GROUND.

  =========================

  If (and only if) you still have the disks that came with your Windows XP-based computer when you bought it...

  Personal data backup (which none should be considered 100% reliable at this point) then format the HARD disk and do a clean install of Windows XP.

  HOW to do a clean install of Windows XP: see method 1 and http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307

  After the new installation, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" in order to take care of EVERYTHING on the next page before connecting the machine to the internet or one local network (i.e. other computers) AND BEFORE to plug in a flash, SD card, or any other external drive to the computer otherwise:

  4 steps to help protect your new computer before going online
       http://www.Microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx

  Other useful references include:

  HOW to get a computer that is running Windows XP Gold (no Service Pack) fully patched (after a clean install)
  http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.windowsupdate/MSG/3f5afa8ed33e121c

  HOW TO get a computer that is running Windows XP SP1 (a) or SP2 fully patched (after a clean install)
  http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.WindowsXP.General/MSG/a066ae41add7dd2b

  Tip: After completing the computer fully patched, download/install KB971029 manually before connecting any player external to the computer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

  NB: No matter what Norton or McAfee free trial which is preinstalled on the computer when you bought will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the trial for free AND download/run the removal tool appropriate prior to installing the updates, Windows Service Packs or IE upgrades AND BEFORE installing your new anti-virus application (which will require WinXP SP3 must be installed).

  Norton Removal Tool
       FTP://ftp.Symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  McAfee Consumer product removal tool
       http://download.McAfee.com/Products/Licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  If you need additional assistance with the clean install, please start a new thread in this forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xprepair/threads

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft