Posted November 29, 2015 Short story : A little while ago (few months), i got an SSD and simply fresh installed windows (7 at that time). I then kept my 2TB Hdd as-is, never cleaned or deleted anything, it still boots my old windows instalation. I now use it at as a secondary drive (less played games/less used large programs, downloads. You know, everything that doesn't need to be on an SSD) Today, i noticed that out of those 2 terrabytes, I only have 100GB left. I then proceded into the cleaning progress... Deleted programs that are not on my current instalation of windows, cleaned the system images (suprisingly a big 40GB). Cleaned a lot of "system protected/hidden" crap that is needed for windows or other programs (because i won't ever boot again from this drive). The only thing I don't know how is the windows folder itself. I'm just struggleing on how to delete the windows folder. TL;DR : How to safely and completely delete unused windows from secondary drive? (dont need to boot anymore) Another question, can I delete the "system reserved" partition from that drive, is it only needed for boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2015 Before I used my original 1TB HDD for secondary drive I used windows format program and formatted the drive deleting everything. Wow this was old as heck, Need to update this signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2015 my computer > right click the drive > properties > disk cleanup > NEW PC build: Blank Heaven minimalist white and black PC Old S340 build log "White Heaven" The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log Project AntiRoll (prototype) Custom speaker project Spoiler Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2015 Author my computer > right click the drive > properties > disk cleanup > yeah, thats only to delete an old windows instalation after you upgrate, say from windows 7 to 10, on the same drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2015 You can use Live-CD linux to delete any folder that whines about being used or protected. Another way is to boot into safe mode. ^^^^ That's my post ^^^^ <-- This is me --- That's your scrollbar --> vvvv Who's there? vvvv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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