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Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 01 Jan 2013 19:16
by 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?
Re: Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 01 Jan 2013 19:38
by Squashman
Could you provide an example of what you are trying to do. I am not quite sure what you are referring to.
Re: Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 01 Jan 2013 20:06
by 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.
Re: Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 01 Jan 2013 20:16
by 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.
Re: Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:51
by foxidrive
%SystemRoot%\system32\ReinstallBackups doesn't exist in Win8 32 bit either.
Re: Clean "ReinstallBackups" folder contents
Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:00
by david.lynch
Those systems should store drivers backups for rollbacks on another location. I don't have access to any of them right now.