Hur tar man bort Windows.old? Steg för steg förklaring

HUR MAN: TAR BORT WINDOWS.OLD? STEG FÖR STEG FÖRKLARING

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? Och du tycker inte om det? Med mappen Windows.old kan du återställa din dator till den tidigare versionen av Windows. Du kan använda Windows.old för att radera Windows 10 och återställa systemet till exempelvis Windows 7 eller Windows 8.

Kan du säkert avinstallera Windows.old?

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:

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

Återställ mappen Windows.old

Har du nyligen raderat mappen Windows.old? Men vill du återställa den, till exempel för att återställa en äldre version av Windows? Tyvärr kan du inte återställa mappen Windows.old efter att den har raderats (automatiskt efter 30 dagar). Radera därför mappen Windows.old endast om du verkligen är säker på att du inte vill återställa till en äldre version av ditt operativsystem.

Hämta filer från 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.

Vill du återställa dina filer? Eller vill du ändå göra en säkerhetskopia av alla dina personliga filer efteråt? Följ de här stegen i enlighet med detta: 

• Open the folder ‘Windows.old’
• Open the folder ‘Users’
• Välj ditt användarnamn
• Öppna de mappar och/eller filer som du vill hämta.
• Kopiera önskade mappar och/eller filer 
• Placera de önskade mapparna och/eller filerna på din aktuella enhet.
• Upprepa ovanstående steg för alla olika användarnamn (om det behövs).