How to get a few files through Windows.old?

Cyanide · 27 Oct 2012

Hello,

About a month to a month and a half after I got my new laptop, i've been losing files all over my Pivot Animation folder. Entire folders, important .piv files, etc. But, I don't believe they would be deleted in the Windows.old folder, so if they aren't, I'd like to try and get those files back.

An Image to it is here:
Nobunaga

Could someone tell me if what I want to do is possible? And how I can get to my Windows.old folder? Like the path to it and etc? Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
~CN-

AddRAM · 27 Oct 2012

Do you have a windows.old folder ? It would be in C:

Cyanide · 27 Oct 2012

I have a folder called Windows but not a Windows.old

AddRAM · 27 Oct 2012

The windows.old folder is only made when you do a reinstall and save all your settings. If you don`t have it, you can`t locate it because it`s not there.

Cyanide · 27 Oct 2012

What do you mean by a reinstall? Like a factory image restore? Because i've done that once before.

AddRAM · 27 Oct 2012

Google it.

Like I said, if you don`t have it in C:, it`s not there.

A factory image puts it back to the way it was when you 1st bought it.

derekimo · 27 Oct 2012

You only get a windows.old when you do a repair or upgrade install.

Cyanide · 28 Oct 2012

You mean like a Startup Repair? Or An OS Upgrade? What about System Restores?

derekimo · 28 Oct 2012

thepivotstudent said:

You mean like a Startup Repair? Or An OS Upgrade? What about System Restores?

No, not a startup repair.

OS upgrade?

When you do a Repair Install

You choose the upgrade install option,

If you haven't done a repair/upgrade install you do not have a windows.old.

System restore won't give you one either.

Cyanide · 28 Oct 2012

OS Upgrade - Operating System Upgrade.