How do you remove a old OS from a new windows OS?

Answer 1

According to your question I am not sure what you are intending to complete. If you are asking how to remove an old Operating System from a new Windows Operating System you currently have two operating systems on one computer. This may change the system boot time to an incredible extent, if one is removed. If you have two Windows Operating Systems on one computer you can remove one of them by going into the hidden files in the hard drive. You should be able to find the two existing Operating Systems. I highly do not recommend removing anything in the Windows section of the hard drive, System32, Win32, etc, as it may cause a large disruption in the use of the computer. This is where the files for the old and new Operating Systems should be.

Answer 2

If you want to empty the drive,

download Gparted, www.gnu.org

If you want to put another Operating System :

If you have a Windows CD and it's key, put in the CD and install Windows, it will rewrite the entire drive to Window's format automatically (or any other Open Source/Linux distro

Answer 3

There are two ways to achieve this and the method you choose depends on whether you want to keep any files or applications that you have installed. If you do not want to keep anything that is currently on your hard drive, boot from the Windows XP CD (there are options in BIOS to allow you to boot from a CD drive). Windows XP will display the current partitions on your hard drive. Delete existing partitions, create a new one and install XP to that new partition. Everything that was accessible on your computer will be wiped and you will have a clean installation of Windows XP. If you want to keep files or applications then boot into your exisiting OS. Insert the Windows XP CD and choose the UPGRADE option. This will upgrade your OS to Windows XP without affecting your files and applications. Bear in mind that some of your applications may not function under Windows XP. Also bear in mind that some of your hardware may require updated drivers to operate correctly with the new operating system.

Answer 4

I have a laptop that came with Windows 7 OS. I installed Windows XP on F drive for compatability issues of a software. I used easy BCD and did some messy things to make it boot alongside my previous OS. Now I have done with the software and I need to uninstall Windows XP from my laptop.

When I log in from winows 7, I could see all the XP- OS files on F drive. Can I literally delete those to get rid of XP? If I did so, will I be able to recover the memory space occupied by XP on my RAM?

The purpose I want to uninstall XP is I no longer use it. I have a good HD space. But my laptop seems to be slower than usual speed which I think I can improve by removing XP from the 8 GB ram. Please help.