Deleting an Old copy of vista

northun_munky · 5 Oct 2008 at 18:27

I've just installed a fresh copy of vista 64 home premium onto a new HDD and have my old HDD with the old copy of vista on it in the same machine. I want to delete the old copy of vista and associated files from the HDD but when I select them and try to delete them I get a message saying I need permission to perform this action. I'm not to indepth with vista regarding permissions but I'm running my account as an administrator with (what I though were) highest permissions. Any Ideas? I rather not have to reformat the HDD if I can help it as there is a lot of stuff on there I dont have the space to store anywhere else whilst I do it.

sWiZzLe · 5 Oct 2008 at 19:10

Right click folder - properties - security - advanced - owner - edit - continue - select your user - tick 'Replace owner....' and OK

northun_munky · 6 Oct 2008 at 14:32

Many Thanks. I'll give it a go.

Snakedoctor · 6 Oct 2008 at 14:34

Right click on "c" drive, select "properties" then disk cleanup and tick box for remove old windows install or similar. Thats the best way and easiest way.

helmutcheese · 6 Oct 2008 at 15:21

Snakedoctor said:
Right click on "c" drive, select "properties" then disk cleanup and tick box for remove old windows install or similar. Thats the best way and easiest way.

northun_munky · 7 Oct 2008 at 18:32

sWiZzLe said:
Right click folder - properties - security - advanced - owner - edit - continue - select your user - tick 'Replace owner....' and OK

I tried this and it still says I need permission after changing the owner.

Snakedoctor said:
Right click on "c" drive, select "properties" then disk cleanup and tick box for remove old windows install or similar. Thats the best way and easiest way.

There is no tick box for removing old windows installs or anything like it on disk clean up.

Any other ideas?

sWiZzLe · 8 Oct 2008 at 02:42

How about splitting that drive in to 2 partitions, move all data you want to keep on the the newly created one. Then u can format the partition with windows on it?

northun_munky · 8 Oct 2008 at 10:09

sWiZzLe said:
How about splitting that drive in to 2 partitions, move all data you want to keep on the the newly created one. Then u can format the partition with windows on it?

That is a really good idea. I'll give it a go tonight when I get home.

Tombo · 8 Oct 2008 at 10:25

northun_munky said:
I tried this and it still says I need permission after changing the owner.

After you change the owner, in the main Secuirty tab click Edit, select your user from the list and tick the full control allow box, apply that and then try again.