c:windowssoftwaredistributiondownload
, one must find a way to recover installation scripts and install order to know what to do with them.Windows
directory has been renamed as a backup), then you can probably avoid re-downloading a lot of it.C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload
(replacing C:Windows
with the path to your old Windows directory).Download
directory, rename it, adding .EXE
to the end and then run it. (Consider creating a temporary folder to move them into after running them to make it easier to keep track of your progress.)Download
directory).