Deleting Windows 7 after installing XP

[mar00n]

Hello all,

I am in need of help here, after going though google and finding nothing I thought I would ask the experts.

I made the mistake of installing windows 7 on an older dual core machine for my daughter and swiftly installed XP over it. I did not format due to the content on the drive.

I now have Windows and WINDOWS.0 on the C drive aswel as Program Files (x86).

Can someone please advise on how to delete windows 7 fully?

I have tried using the cleanup tool on xp with no luck

Many thanks in advance.

 

[hang-the-9]

Does it prompt you which OS to select at boot? If it does not, and only XP loads, you can just delete the Windows 7 directory. Look for a license file in the System32 folder, that will tell you what version is in that Windows folder. If it's 7, you can delete that Windows directory.

 

[mar00n]

Does it prompt you which OS to select at boot? If it does not, and only XP loads, you can just delete the Windows 7 directory. Look for a license file in the System32 folder, that will tell you what version is in that Windows folder. If it's 7, you can delete that Windows directory.

 

[mar00n]

It goes right into xp. if I try and delete the folder it says files are in use.