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If you have upgraded your Windows 11/10 to the latest version currently available and are very sure that you do not want to roll back Windows to an earlier installation, you may run the Disk Cleanup ...

When you upgrade your current version of Windows to a newer version, the upgrade process will create backups of important directories from your previous version of Windows. These directories include ...

This post shows how to disable or skip Choose an operating system screen on Windows 11/10. You can remove Earlier Version of Windows from the boot menu in Windows 11/ ...

If you've updated Windows 10 recently (or upgraded to Windows 10), then you probably have a folder on your system called Windows.old. Maybe you found it while searching for big files clogging up your ...

What are Shadow Volume Copies? Since Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 20013, Microsoft has bundled a technology into their operating systems called Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS. This ...

Over time, your Windows system can accumulate numerous old and useless device drivers, which can occupy significant disk space and potentially slow down your system. Removing these drivers is ...

How to free up disk space after a major Windows 10 update Your email has been sent If you want to install the latest bi-annual update to Windows 10 (the spring update ...

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After installing Windows 10, Roy A. Day discovered a very large Windows.old folder on his internal drive. Since deleting it the conventional way didn’t work, he asked for another solution. The Windows ...

This article, updated to reflect Windows 10 version 2004 (aka May 2020 Update), covers the most common scenarios you're likely to encounter when installing, reinstalling, and activating Windows 10. Is ...

When is a deleted file really deleted? With Windows Vista, that answer gets complicated. Microsoft recently revealed that Windows Vista would inherit "volume shadow copy" technology from Windows XP ...