¿Cómo: eliminar Windows.old? Explicación paso a paso

¿CÓMO: ELIMINAR WINDOWS.OLD? EXPLICACIÓN PASO A PASO

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? ¿Y no te gusta? Entonces la carpeta Windows.old te permite restaurar tu PC a la versión anterior de Windows. Puede utilizar Windows.old para eliminar Windows 10 y restaurar su sistema a, por ejemplo, Windows 7 o Windows 8.

¿Se puede desinstalar Windows.old de forma segura?

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:

• Abrir la ventana "Extracción de disco" en Windows
• Check the box next to ‘Previous Windows installation(s)’
• Click on ‘Clean up system files’

Restaurar la carpeta Windows.old

¿Ha eliminado recientemente la carpeta Windows.old? ¿Pero te gustaría recuperarla, por ejemplo, para restaurar una versión anterior de Windows? Lamentablemente, no puedes restaurar la carpeta Windows.old después de haberla eliminado (automáticamente después de 30 días). Por lo tanto, elimine la carpeta Windows.old sólo si está realmente seguro de que no desea restaurar una versión anterior de su sistema operativo.

Recuperar archivos de la carpeta

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.

¿Quiere recuperar sus archivos? ¿O quieres hacer una copia de seguridad de todos tus archivos personales después? Entonces sigue estos pasos en consecuencia: 

• Open the folder ‘Windows.old’
• Open the folder ‘Users’
• Seleccione su nombre de usuario
• Abra las carpetas y/o archivos que desea recuperar
• Copiar las carpetas y/o archivos deseados 
• Coloque las carpetas y/o archivos deseados en su unidad actual
• Repita los pasos anteriores para todos los nombres de usuario diferentes (si es necesario)