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What is actually useful about Windows 10 released today (not justhype)?
In message , Al Drake
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What is actually useful about Windows 10 released today (not just hype)?
"Paul" wrote in message ...
Buffalo wrote: What amazes me is there will be millions that let Windows update their OS to Win 10 and not even know that it is not a trial to see if you like it. Once you allow it to be installed, your old OS is GONE, unless you did a COMPLETE backup of your entire system. (Format and install the backup) It will be interesting to hear the bitching, "I'm gonna call my lawyer". I never signed a contract. I didn't know I couldn't go back to my old OS, I just thought it was a trial period, I just put in a new MB and now 'IT' won't work. WTF? Damn, it's a lot better than Win 8. Your old OS isn't gone. Not yet. Your old OS is stored in C:\Windows.old Your new OS is stored in C:\Windows If you rename C:\Windows to C:\Windows_ugh and rename C:\Windows.old to C:\Windows now your old OS comes back. If you wait 30 days, both Windows 8 and Windows 10 have "delete Windows.old" logic. They will automatically delete the old OS for you after a 30 day timer expires. Windows 7 relies on manual initiation for this function, so in a Windows 7 world, there would "just be wasted space". Windows has Disk Cleanup, available as "cleanmgr.exe". In there, you can select to remove the Windows.old folder. That is the preferred method of removal - once removed, you cannot (easily) go backwards. Do not try to remove Windows.old by "tossing it in the Trash". That way leads to madness. So from the time you discover treachery, you have 30 days to get the "renaming recipe". Naturally, you need a recipe to do this. How can you rename it ? Well, you could try booting the 200MB recovery CD, get the Command Prompt running in there, and do your renaming attempts there. In this picture, someone is using "ren" command. This is just to illustrate what your screen would look like, while doing your "renaming recipe". http://www.computerstepbystep.com/wp...43fc4d8_01.png I haven't attempted to "undo" an upgrade-install here, using Windows.old method. But it is supposed to be an option you can use. You could also look in Windows Update, to see if the Win10 upgrade is an "item". Perhaps it can be "removed" in there, in which case, it's probably just renaming the folders itself. I don't think it keeps yet another file collection, to allow re-constitution of the Windows 7 C:\Windows folder. So if you lose C:\Windows.old, and you didn't make a backup earlier, you're screwed. Best guess, Paul Thanks for that info. I was misinformed and was spreading a false message. I really did think that once you allowed the upgrade, there was no going back, except if you had a complete backup. I feel a lot better about it now. Much appreciated. -- Buffalo |
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