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Re:Windows 10 and 11 21H2 Data Wiping Tool Leaves User Data ... by rbanffy on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:21AM (#30441975)
Or write correct specs. How does one end up with a Windows.old directory?
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Re:Windows 10 and 11 21H2 Data Wiping Tool Leaves User Data ... by Neil44 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:29AM (#30451750)
It’s a thing, when you do a release update on Windows the old version ends up in windows.old to facilitate rollback and some time later it gets cleaned up.
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Re:Windows 10 and 11 21H2 Data Wiping Tool Leaves User Data ... by throwawayninja on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:38PM (#30457704)
"some time later" I could see a MS dev specifying that in a requirements document somewhere XD
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