[Recovering Windows Files When You Upgrade Your Computer]

11 hours ago, nukecad said:

When you upgraded from 7 to 10 Windows would have kept the old Win 7 OS files for 30 days (so that you could roll-back if you didn't like Win 10).
After those 30 Days Windows would/should have automatically removed the old OS files.

3 years on with multiple updates to Win 10, and writes/deletes of other things, there is very little chance that even forensic recovery could get any of those Win 7 OS files back.

Why are you wanting to do this?

I'm so glad you asked that question because from replies to my question, my situation seems dire. I purchased some CD-burning software several years ago that is the best CD-burning software I have experienced; I have tried approx. eight other pieces of CD-burning software and nothing else comes close to meeting my CD-burning expectations. A few years ago, the software company made their CD-burning software free; unfortunately, the software does not work with Windows 10 or 11.

I was given a Windows XP laptop that I am trying to upgrade to a Windows 7 laptop. The only hang-up now is I am not going to pay for another product key. That is why I

asked the question I asked. I planned on using the laptop solely for burning CDs.

[Recovering Windows Files When You Upgrade Your Computer]

I had purchased a Windows 7 Computer about 8 years go and about three years ago, I upgraded the PC to Windows 10 using a direct download. Are the Windows 7 files that were present on the original PC (when new) recoverable?? If so, how do I go about recovering those Windows 7 OS files?