Windows 10: Windows 11 install immediately deleted Windows.old; why, and is there any way to recover?

I recently installed Windows 11 onto a drive that had an old install of Windows 7 on it. This was a fresh install rather than an upgrade; i.e. I booted from the Win11 install DVD. My old files were initially preserved in the Windows.old folder. However, I soon noticed that the amount of empty space on the drive was suspiciously large...and increasing. I poked around to see what was going on, but by the time I realized, it was too late. The entire Windows.old folder was gone. -I know that Windows is supposed to auto-delete Windows.old after some number of days, but this occurred *immediat

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windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx

 

C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Replacing old hard drive, need way to copy Windows installation across

Hey Guys,
What would be the best way of copying/imaging the entire contents of an old system drive over to a replacement hard disk for the same machine? I need to copy the Windows installations and all other data to the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as a backup.

Any suggestions? *Smile