Windows 10: Accidentaly lost Windows.old folder. Any way to recover?

Discus and support Accidentaly lost Windows.old folder. Any way to recover? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; So today I performed a system file cleanup on my Local Disk (C*Smile and it permanently deleted my Windows.old folder. It contained VERY important... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by zablablukas, Nov 11, 2015.

  1. ZABLABLUKAS
    zablablukas Win User

    Accidentaly lost Windows.old folder. Any way to recover?


    So today I performed a system file cleanup on my Local Disk (C*Smile and it permanently deleted my Windows.old folder. It contained VERY important files to me. I tried doing everything to recover it. I used EaseUS it didn't find it. I tried creating it again and looking at it's previous versions it says that it didn't find any. I don't have any restore points apparently too after the cleanup. Is there any way to recover it? I really need those files... *Sad

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    zablablukas, Nov 11, 2015
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  2. MOOFIMOOONBEAM
    MoofiMooonbeam Win User

    Lost all my photos, etc when i upgraded to WIndows 10. Can I get them back?

    Dear Ms Rozario, as two people above me have reported: lost photos and videos are NOT in the windows.old folder. Is there any place to look for them other than the windows.old folder?
     
    MoofiMooonbeam, Nov 11, 2015
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  3. ALEXANDROSBOUSDOUKIS
    AlexandrosBousdoukis Win User
    Accidentaly changed the user fiIe and all the desktop changed

    Hi

    I accidentaly changed the user file and lost my desktop. Although I see the profile in my USER folder I cannot restore it. Please Help

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    ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum category.***
     
    AlexandrosBousdoukis, Nov 11, 2015
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  4. BERTON
    Berton Win User

    Accidentaly lost Windows.old folder. Any way to recover?

    I've had that happen and the result was No, once Disk Cleanup did its job there was nothing to recover. Also involved is whether the install of Win10 was more than 30 days old as that can cause loss of the Windows.old Folder, set that way on purpose. I've experienced both 'features'.
     
    Berton, Nov 11, 2015
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  5. JOHNC
    JohnC Win User
    There are data recovery tool available. Since Disk cleanup just removes the pointer to the files and does not overwrite them you should be able to recover them. But once disk cleanup is run those files could be overwritten at any time. I don't have any current experience with what would work best for you, But I did want to say don't give up hope yet.

    Edit. Recurva by Piriform is free
     
    JohnC, Nov 12, 2015
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  6. LOPEDOGGIE
    lopedoggie Win User
    lopedoggie, Apr 4, 2018
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