Restoring windows.old file

beachbum

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Short version: what's the best way to restore the windows.old file after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro? Reason? I downloaded and installed 8 Pro with no problems. All files and settings transferred perfectly. However the live tiles would not work, including windows store. After reviewing forums and support sites, and verifying resolution size, active windows account, etc, one forum thread recommended a Refresh. I thought a refresh kept all files and settings, but it moved all original programs to a windows.old file. It did keep docs and settings, but no programs files. The good news is live tiles works now.. I want to keep windows 8, so how do I properly restore all the windows.old files without corrupting anything? Thanks.
 

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  • OS
    windows 8 pro
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    Hp Pavilion
    CPU
    Intel i3-2350m x64
    Memory
    600GB, 6GB RAM
I went through precisely the same process for precisely the same reason. I would also like to know how to safely restore contents of the windows.old file. I notice that beachbum submitted his post a week ago and has apparently not received a response.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64 bit
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    Dell Precision M4500 Mobile Workstation
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    Intel Core i7 Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
    Memory
    4.00 GB (RAM)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
    Sound Card
    NVIDIA
A desktop file was created listing the old programs files, which was kind of helpful, however I ended up just reinstalling the programs I wanted from an external hard drive download file I keep... just in case. Sorry I'm not much help. Apparently you are on your own... good luck.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hp Pavilion
    CPU
    Intel i3-2350m x64
    Memory
    600GB, 6GB RAM
windows old only containd persional data,docs/music /movies ect ect ,not installed programs
 

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  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
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    PC/Desktop
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    Hinze57
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    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
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    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
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    4gig ddr3
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    Radon hd5000 Series
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    onboard realtek hd
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    microsoft curve 200
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    updated enterprise apr 2/14
Nope. Everything should be in there.

If you did an in place upgrade to Vista - very easy to restore from Windows.old

If you did an in place upgrade to win7 - very easy to restore from Windows.old

If you did an in place upgrade to win8 - UH OH.

Perhaps it is another thing that is not allowed.

There is a lot of that with win8.

I tried to do the restore from windows.old back to win7 a couple of times - no go.

Once you have done the upgrade - MS don't want you to go back to your previous o/s.

I strongly recommend anyone who is going to do an in place upgrade to win 8 - make an image first.

There are plenty of free programs that are quick and easy to do that with.

Macrium free, or paragon backup and recovery free for example.
 

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System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
What i did was created image, saved my apps, programs ect everything i could find to another drive and did a refresh. It removed most of my apps i just reinstalled them, retro apps work without any problems.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
I finally got it to work.

There are quite a lot of steps involved.

Not sure the average user would find it doable.

More difficult than with previous o/s.
 

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System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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