Remove previous win 7 install?

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 19:31

Ive done this before with CMDprompt but cant for the life of me remember how!
Somebody please refresh me.

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 19:43

No ive reinstalled win7 on my ssd but when i boot it sees previous win7 operating systems.

The SSD is only 40GB but with a fresh install of 7 i am left with 7GB spare! I have done this before using cmd but cant remember how.

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 19:47

The windows install is on the same drive.

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 19:51

Swordfish said:
It will be in a Windows.old folder and is not bootable. You will be booting to the new one installed.

Thats the strange thing, windows.old isnt showing yet the new win7 install has used 30GB. When i boot there are 2 windows 7 installs which explains the use of the 30GB. I need to remove the previous version.

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 19:59

OK now you have lost me

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:03

Swordfish said:
When you power on the system, and go past the BIOS screens, do you get an option to choose an operating system - both of which are Windows 7?

Edit or use Tingle's method but do not change anything else.

Yes.

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:10

Yeh ive also installed 12GB DDR3 today, would this make the increase in space used justified?

Sparky · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:20

Swordfish said:
OK you did not fully erase your drive before installing Win 7 again. This might give you performance issues on your SSD but more enlightened people here can help you.

Use Tingles method to remove the incorrect OS (this simply changes the boot.ini file I mentioned).

To further save space on your drive at least turn of hibernation as this will save HD space equivalent to your memory installed.

powercfg -h off done and sorted, thanks lads can install BF3 again now.