Deleting Windows Folder

[The Torrent]

Got an old drive i am activly using now for seeding, but it has windows installed on it and a load of old files etc which i can't be bothered to go through yet.

 

I am never going to be booting from this drive, however want to keep the data on it such as everything on the desktop, and programs installed in program files etc.

 

Does the actual windows directory have any relevance to any of this? its like 25gb. How do i just finna del it?

[LogicalDrm]

If you aren't booting from it, its just another folder. Though you might have troubles actually deleting it since Windows doesn't always want to delete locked files or those starting with ".".

[Applefreak]

2 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

Got an old drive i am activly using now for seeding, but it has windows installed on it and a load of old files etc which i can't be bothered to go through yet.

 

I am never going to be booting from this drive, however want to keep the data on it such as everything on the desktop, and programs installed in program files etc.

 

Does the actual windows directory have any relevance to any of this? its like 25gb. How do i just finna del it?

No relevance what so ever. Just delete it. You may need to overwrite the access permissions of the entire drive and take ownership first to do so.

[jaslion]

But why keep the programs they don't work anyways when not using the drives windows. You can just delete whatever.

[The Torrent]

11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

But why keep the programs they don't work anyways when not using the drives windows. You can just delete whatever.

Ok great thanks guys ill just try right click deleting then.

 

I'm wanna keep programs because theres some programs you cant get anymore's executables saved places which i may wanna use in the future.

[jaslion]

Just now, The Torrent said:

Ok great thanks guys ill just try right click deleting then.

 

I'm wanna keep programs because theres some programs you cant get anymore's executables saved places which i may wanna use in the future.

Well that's not how they work. A program installed on a different windows install does not work when you try to run it on another one as many files are missing on the new windows that it needs and it can only get those when you install the program (no copy pasting doesn't work). So basically get some data off the drive and remove all you want or just format the drive.

[The Torrent]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Well that's not how they work. A program installed on a different windows install does not work when you try to run it on another one as many files are missing on the new windows that it needs and it can only get those when you install the program (no copy pasting doesn't work). So basically get some data off the drive and remove all you want or just format the drive.

not sure what u mean but the programs work fine for me.

 

I tried just launching firefox from program files and it opened up fine.

 

 

Also its not letting me delete it, says i need perms from trustedinstalled how do i do this?

[jaslion]

Just now, The Torrent said:

not sure what u mean but the programs work fine for me.

 

I tried just launching firefox from program files and it opened up fine.

 

 

Also its not letting me delete it, says i need perms from trustedinstalled how do i do this?

2 things.

 

Did you install programs from your current windows install to the disk with the old one?

Do you have firefox installed on your current windows install? If so it will just open that one or fill the missing files.

 

You need admin priviliges for that so you basically Right click -> properties -> security -> full control to whatever account you are using.

[The Torrent]

Just now, jaslion said:

2 things.

 

Did you install programs from your current windows install to the disk with the old one?

Do you have firefox installed on your current windows install? If so it will just open that one or fill the missing files.

 

You need admin priviliges for that so you basically Right click -> properties -> security -> full control to whatever account you are using.

I tried taking ownership, and assumed i am the administrator but the computer thinks differently

Ill try setting ownership to just 'user'.

 

I dont have firefox on my current computer no, and no i didnt install it from my current one to the disk, it was installed years ago onto the disk on a different computer. Other software i installed years ago on that drive all work fine too.

[Moonzy]

It's hard to delete a windows folder in windows

 

I suggest you move the things out, and do a format of the drive, then put the things back in if you want

[The Torrent]

I clicked a checkbox which said take control of all subfolders etc and its been doing this a while:

 

Was that the right thing to click or should i cancel this? 

[The Torrent]

7 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

It's hard to delete a windows folder in windows

 

I suggest you move the things out, and do a format of the drive, then put the things back in if you want

I think you may be right.

 

 

How on earth do i get permission from everyone lol?

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

I think you may be right.

 

 

How on earth do i get permission from everyone lol?

You start by asking around

 

I don't allow it.

 

But do make a backup before you delete anything, sometimes software stores things at weird places