I tried the rmdir command, didn't work "directory path is invalid" again. I've also tried cmd prompt in winre and still didn't work. I've spent 20 minutes this morning talking to a Microsoft...

Renaming does nothing, directory still invalid.

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I've run chkdsk and sfc, no errors or corrupted files. I've reset file permissions, I've tried deleting is safe mode w/o networking - no avail.

Long story short - Upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 a few months ago, decided to backup Windows 7. Came to the realization that I wan't gonna downgrade and Windows.old was taking up substantial...