Uninstall Windows 7

[Adcadet]

Hey Gang,
I had previously installed two copies of Windows 7 on my main PC as a form of "backup OS" that I no longer want to have around. My main OS is Windows 7 as well. Is there an easy way to delete these two versions, each of which is on a different hard drive (and my main OS is on another)?

 

[ddrueding]

So three copies of Win7, one of which you want to keep? Just modify the Boot.ini and pull the other drives (don't wipe them yet, just in case, just pull them).

 

[Adcadet]

I can adjust the boot menu, no problem. I just want to get rid of the folders Windows creates (Windows, users, programs, etc). I have other stuff on those drives that I want to keep and no convenient place to put it while I format the drive over. And I can't just delete the Windows folder as my current OS says I can't.

 

[ddrueding]

Just confirm that your main build will boot with the other drives removed. Then boot into a Linux LiveCD and kill off the folders that you want.

 

[Adcadet]

Decided it was easier in the end to just move my 1+TB of data to another drive I cleaned out, format the disk, and move the stuff back. Took about 1.5 hours each way, and 3 hours total.