Hi, how to recover from windows.old? can full recover like said xp? all the programs and documents. 2. can i copy to a new hard disk and recover from there? 3. how to uninstall vista and recover the xp information back (i dont have the xp backup, only the windows.old)? thanks

It's quite hard to recover your old files once you've reformatted and reinstalled a fresh OS. If I may recommend, you may try asking DATA recovery experts but it'll cost a bomb.

Windows.old folder only contain Windows files. It doesn't contain any programs files and settings.

Omg, so stupid of me. I didn't know it's a folder.

chill dude, at least you've learned something new today

so, no chance of me to recover back the old program?
btw, how much to recover the program? RM30?

This post has been edited by DemonKnight: Dec 12 2008, 07:16 PM

You can still reinstall those programs. Windows.old folder may only contain registration information for some of those programs as not all programs stores settings in Registry. You won't be able to get any documents from that folder as Windows.old folder only backup <YOUR_WINDOWS_ROOT_DIR>\Windows\ (eg: C:\Windows\). Some programs may or may not work depending on their configuration. If you accidently formatted your disk, you can still recover files from your partition, but if you just upgraded from (let say) XP to Vista, the file is overwritten already. Data recovery will be useless. Data recovery are expensive, RM30 isn't enough.

First Data Services - One flat rate RM800

Adroit Data Recovery Center - Depends on your hdd config and condition. Read here

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Added on December 12, 2008, 7:28 pmMay I know what programs you want to recover actually?

This post has been edited by FarCry3r: Dec 12 2008, 07:28 PM

ya, i just upgraded. too bad.

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Added on December 13, 2008, 9:36 pmactually i want to full recover the whole xp. especially the bookmark and email.

This post has been edited by DemonKnight: Dec 13 2008, 09:36 PM

Then you probably out of luck my friend