Hello everyone,
I need some help please,
My wife has bought the above and installed it over my XP Pro(she thought she would surprise me)
Anyway my problem is that everything had disappeared now, Is there anyway that I can retrive them,
Thanks,
Sam
Hello Ken,
Yes I have.
Is that a good thing, if so How,
Sam
How to restore a Windows 7-based computer to a previous Windows installation by using the Windows.old folder
The Win7 installer is set up to not permit an upgrade-in-place from any version of XP to any version of Win7. A custom (clean) install is required, which would lose all installed programs and settings.
If the issue is that you simply want your old files which were overwritten, then they are in the windows.old folder.
You don't need to roll back to XP to access and retrieve your files from the windows.old folder. You can do that now, or at your own pace, then delete the windows.old file when you are sure you have them all.
However, as pointed out you still need to reinstall your old programs. Their folders may be in the windows.old folder, too, but they cannot run on your new OS until reinstalled using their installers/disks.
If you need any help finding any of the programs you're missing, ask back here.
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