It should be able to be seen in disk cleanup (otherwise Windows moves the previous installation to the Windows.old folder. My Windows folder is just over 21 GB with all the latest updates installed. I believe when I went from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the old folder was a separate entry under the disk cleanup area and was in the 20 GB range in size.I can't remember where MS keeps it's update/rollback folder but my Windows folder is 22.7GB.
I don't see that folder. I also don't see a previous windows installations when running cleanup. My cleanup Windows update cleanup is 6.57GB though.It should be able to be seen in disk cleanup (otherwise Windows moves the previous installation to the Windows.old folder. My Windows folder is just over 21 GB with all the latest updates installed. I believe when I went from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the old folder was a separate entry under the disk cleanup area and was in the 20 GB range in size.
From what I can tell, Windows (10 at least) only creates a Windows.old folder when you upgrade from a previous Windows version, or do something like a "reset this PC" action. Those two things are the only thing I've noticed that creates that folder.I don't see that folder. I also don't see a previous windows installations when running cleanup. My cleanup Windows update cleanup is 6.57GB though.
It should be able to be seen in disk cleanup (otherwise Windows moves the previous installation to the Windows.old folder. My Windows folder is just over 21 GB with all the latest updates installed. I believe when I went from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the old folder was a separate entry under the disk cleanup area and was in the 20 GB range in size.
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