How to remove old Windows correctly

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It turns out Funny situation: on the one hand Microsoft developers claim that since the transition of all Windows operating systems to the NT kernel system stability has increased tenfold. It is argued that it is possible to forget about the constant ‘blue screens of death”, better known as BSOD, freezes the whole computer for one “stale” running process; and many other “Goodies”, promising the user with long life and stable performance.

But on the other hand everything looks a bit different: Microsoft promises new mechanisms of working memory fully implemented, but the reliability though, and has become higher than the line of Windows 9x, but is still insufficient. This is indirectly evidenced often asks online question ‘how to remove old Windows”. The operating system still have to periodically reinstall. She “live” years only those users who are restricted to work in office applications, listening and viewing multimedia files, using a small number of other programs. Usually it is the newcomers who once again even the update will not start. In contrast, experienced users who are not afraid to experiment with new programs, sometimes you have to figure out how to remove the old Windows.

Deleting the old Windows system is required in two main cases: the transition to Linux operating system; the need to reinstall due to the inability to boot or abnormal operation of the application. Question ‘how to remove old Windows 7” sounds so much less than for Win XP. This is due to the foresight of Microsoft, which has implemented a convenient mechanism for installing the new system over the old one. There are three ways to remove the old system.

The First is applicable to Win 7 but not for Win XP. It is sufficient to insert the disk with the installation package and start the installation process. At one stage a message will appear that it detected the old system to be stored in the Windows folder.old. As a result of anything important will not be erased, and the old system folder and the files will be moved. They have access, so you can restore your documents, saved games and other information simply. Subsequently the Windows directory.old can be deleted.

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Despite the evidence, the question ‘how to remove old Windows” is still set. Therefore, we can use the second method. It is quite specific and not available to everyone, but still exists. You should boot from another HDD, then problems with how to remove old Windows, does not arise, because the hard drive with the old system is visible in the Explorer, and any folder it can be deleted. Is rarely keep in the computer two fixed hard drive (except RAID), but the external system is sometimes installed by some users.

The Third way is to boot from the CD-ROM or USB flash drive (very popular option) special reduced version of Windows-Windows PE. It is very pared down in terms of functionality, for example, support for full audio and video, although possible, is fraught with certain difficulties, so seldom realized.

At the same time working with the file system in full. Download the LiveCD from the torrent trackers. There are many assemblies that are made by enthusiasts based on Win PE. The composition often includes programs to work with hard disk partitions, and tests computer hardware, and some other applications. After booting the prepared disk (pendrive) LiveCD it is recommended to erase old Windows. Sometimes a hard drive may not appear in the system of PE. To solve this, it is necessary in BIOS to change the mode of the disk subsystem to AHCI to IDE. If erase fails due to access rights, they can be changed (folder – Security – Optional).

If the user doesn't know how to delete old Windows 7 activator, it is most easily and correctly be done in the installer activator. Usually, all these programs have user-friendly graphical interface, understand that it will not be difficult. Before that, do not forget to disable the software protection in services (control Panel-administrative tools-Services).


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