Windows 10: How long can you keep Windows.old?

I upgraded to CU last week and am having a few issues, none of which can't be worked out given some time. However, I've heard that Windows.old only has a shelf-life of 10 days.

Is this true? Can I move it to another drive (or rename it) if I decide, after another week or so, that CU is a bother right now and I need to go back to AE?

Thanks.

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Nokia N8 call recorder - how long can you record

the length it depence where you have stored your recordered calls

usally in the settings is in e mass memory and not in c phone memory

if you have extra micro sd card you can set it there

so it depence how much space has the memorys

the format is amr as well in the N8

it does record both incoming and outgoing but will not do that automatic

you need while you on the calling go in menu or sortcut if you have set and find the recorder and start recording while on call

if you want to record both from the begin so you dont have to go manual to start recording then you may need install a third part recorder but usally have a small fee

 

Nokia N8 call recorder - how long can you record

And does it definitely record both incoming and outgoing calls?

 

My Windows.old arrived on 27 April after a clean re-install and is still there, 11 days later..

 

It's supposed to be removed automatically by Disk Cleanup after 10 days. Something may be strange on your system. I've run into several cases on my own PCs where one or more drivers (often audio, either Intel or RealTek) remains linked into the runtime image. Thus, even if you run Disk Cleanup manually a shadow/ghost of Windows.old remains behind because the OS is still grabbing and using drivers from the old image. This usually requires booting to alternate media (so the drivers won't be loaded) and then performing a manual delete to clean up. Check the contents of your Windows.old: if all that's left are some drivers, this could describe your situation and a possible cure. If not, the same cure will work, but I'd be curious to learn more about what's going on, so please keep us posted.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

Thanks for the help but I restored the AE version. Got tired of booting to no-text icons and applications.

Let's mark this solved.