Windows 11 Windows 11 install immediately deleted Windows.old; why, and is there any way to recover?

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I recently installed Windows 11 onto a drive that had an old install of Windows 7 on it. This was a fresh install rather than an upgrade; i.e. I booted from the Win11 install DVD. My old files were initially preserved in the Windows.old folder. However, I soon noticed that the amount of empty space on the drive was suspiciously large...and increasing. I poked around to see what was going on, but by the time I realized, it was too late. The entire Windows.old folder was gone. -I know that Windows is supposed to auto-delete Windows.old after some number of days, but this occurred *immediat

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