Sådan: fjerner Windows.old? Trin for trin forklaring

HVORDAN MAN: FJERNER WINDOWS.OLD? TRIN FOR TRIN FORKLARING

Have you recently immersed yourself in the hard drive of your Windows PC? And did you come across the folder Windows.old? Now you’re probably wondering what kind of folder this is and why Windows created it automatically. When you upgrade your PC to a newer version of Windows, the folder Windows.old will be created. In this folder the older version of Windows is stored for up to one month after installation of your new system. Microsoft would like to give Windows users the opportunity to go back to an older version if they do not like the upgrade. Have you recently upgraded your PC from Windows 8 to Windows 10? Og du kan ikke lide det? Så giver mappen Windows.old dig mulighed for at gendanne din pc til den tidligere version af Windows. Du kan bruge Windows.old til at slette Windows 10 og gendanne dit system til f.eks. Windows 7 eller Windows 8.

Kan du afinstallere Windows.old uden risiko?

Are you wondering if you can delete the Windows.old folder? Maybe the folder takes up too much space? Of maybe you simply want to clean up your hard drive? For whatever reason you wish to the delete Windows.old folder, it is important to know that the folder will be deleted automatically after 30 days. So, you don’t have to do anything with the folder, but if you prefer to delete it manually, you can. Normally, you can delete a folder easily and quickly by clicking it with your right mouse button and selecting ‘delete’. You can also delete a regular folder using the ‘delete’ button on your keyboard. The Windows.old folder cannot be deleted using the steps described above. If you try to do so, you will get the following message: “Access to the folder denied. You are not authorized to perform this action. You need to be authorized to make changes to this folder.”. To be able to delete the folder, follow these steps accordingly:

• Åbn vinduet "Disk removal" i Windows
• Check the box next to ‘Previous Windows installation(s)’
• Click on ‘Clean up system files’

Gendan mappen Windows.old

Har du for nylig slettet mappen Windows.old? Men vil du gerne gendanne den, f.eks. for at gendanne en ældre version af Windows? Desværre kan du ikke gendanne mappen Windows.old, efter at den er blevet slettet (automatisk efter 30 dage). Slet derfor kun mappen Windows.old, hvis du er helt sikker på, at du ikke ønsker at gendanne til en ældre version af dit operativsystem.

Hent filer fra mappen

You can not only retrieve your old operating system from the Windows.old folder, but you can also retrieve personal files. If you choose to not save anything during the upgrade, all of your personal files will be temporarily stored in Windows.old. Do you still wish to retrieve some files after upgrading your PC? Then you’re able to find them in the Windows.old folder. Please note that this folder will be automatically deleted after 30 days. It is not possible to restore these files after this period because they will be permanently deleted.

Vil du gerne gendanne dine filer? Eller vil du stadig gerne lave en sikkerhedskopi af alle dine personlige filer bagefter? Så følg disse trin i overensstemmelse hermed: 

• Open the folder ‘Windows.old’
• Open the folder ‘Users’
• Vælg dit brugernavn
• Åbn de mapper og/eller filer, du ønsker at hente
• Kopier de ønskede mapper og/eller filer 
• Placer de ønskede mapper og/eller filer på dit aktuelle drev
• Gentag ovenstående trin for alle de forskellige brugernavne (hvis det er nødvendigt)