Delete Windows from old HDD

HummuH1 · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:18

My MB died on my old PC and I have moved the SATA HDD into my other system which is running Vista.

I will use the old HDD as a storage drive but it has an XP installation on it.

Can I just delete the windows folder from the HDD to remove?

If not, what would be the best way to remove the XP install and associated folders/files to free up space?

Thanks.

mk17 · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:20

format it.

clocka · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:25

format is by far the best option, do a full format.

HummuH1 · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:30

OK, so best to copy files I want from it onto other HDD and then format?

clocka · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:41

HummuH1 · 15 Aug 2008 at 11:17

Many thanks.

domthecondom · 15 Aug 2008 at 12:43

yeah it would be very messy if you just delted the Windows folder, it will not even get rid of all of it. Back up the stuff you want then then full format

fobose · 15 Aug 2008 at 16:47

A quick format will do nicely.

domthecondom · 15 Aug 2008 at 16:50

i would check for bad sectors as it is old

mda96bjh · 17 Aug 2008 at 00:49

HummuH1 said:
My MB died on my old PC and I have moved the SATA HDD into my other system which is running Vista.

I will use the old HDD as a storage drive but it has an XP installation on it.

Can I just delete the windows folder from the HDD to remove?

If not, what would be the best way to remove the XP install and associated folders/files to free up space?

Thanks.

It wouldnt do any harm to leave it if u dont need the space