Removing previous OS

[Amaury48]

I have three hardrives on my computer. My original C drive had Windows XP
Pro. I performed a clean install of Vista on to my D drive. Is it possible
to remove all data from my C drive without interfereing with Vistas
operation?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have three hardrives on my computer. My original C drive had Windows XP
Pro. I performed a clean install of Vista on to my D drive. Is it possible
to remove all data from my C drive without interfereing with Vistas
operation?

Probably not. Did you originally create a dual-boot scenario? Does
the "original C: drive" contain the only Primary Active partition on the
computer? If so, Vista essential "boot" files are located on the
"original C: drive."

Only if you had the "original C: drive" physically disconnected during
Vista's installation will you be likely to be able to format it without
consequence.


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[Amaury48]

I didn't physically remove the drive due to the fact that I had purchased an
upgrade of Vista and it would not install a clean copy unless I performed the
upgrade through Win Xp.

 

[philo]

I have three hardrives on my computer. My original C drive had Windows XP
Pro. I performed a clean install of Vista on to my D drive. Is it possible
to remove all data from my C drive without interfereing with Vistas
operation?

You need to leave the root directory alone...
but other than that you can delete you old windows folder and any other
folders there you no longer need

 

[Amaury48]

I did not remove my original C drive due to fact I was unable to install
Vista unless I was runnung Win Xp at the time. When I disabled the C drive
in my Bios I couldn't perform the up grade. I wanted to switch the OS to a
larger drive.

 

[Rick Rogers]

What you'd need to do then is make the volume housing Vista the active
partition from disk manager, then boot with the Vista disk and do a startup
repair. Once successfully booted and the changes verified using disk
manager, you'd be able to format the C:\ drive (or remove it).

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