Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents

[david.lynch]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a way to retrieve folder location of "ReinstallBackups" and clean it, regardless of OS version: XP, 7, Vista, etc.

Is this possible?

[Squashman]

Could you provide an example of what you are trying to do. I am not quite sure what you are referring to.

[david.lynch]

Hello Squashman and thanks for the reply,

Every Windows OS has a subfolder "ReinstallBackups" for drivers rollback. As time goes and hardware changes this folder can be full of unneeded files. If OS is stable, this folder can be empty.

On x86, it is located at %SystemRoot%\system32\ReinstallBackups; On a x64 I'm not sure where it could be; the same happens with Windows 7 and 8.

[Squashman]

That folder does not exist on Windows 7 32 or 64bit as far as I can tell. I have both those system running right now and I can't find it. I do find it on XP though.

[foxidrive]

%SystemRoot%\system32\ReinstallBackups doesn't exist in Win8 32 bit either.

[david.lynch]

Those systems should store drivers backups for rollbacks on another location. I don't have access to any of them right now.