I just installed Windows 8 (full version OEM) on a hard drive that I cleaned off, meaning I deleted both partitions that were for Windows XP and then let Win8 setup repartition. I set up a 160GB partition for Win8, and 124GB was left over for data. I opted to set up Windows 8 on the 160GB partition, drive C.
During the setup, things seemed to be taking way too long as I sat looking at a spinner graphic for probably 8-9 minutes with almost no hard drive activity. So I restarted, thinking something had frozen. I got a message saying the computer restarted unexpectedly, so I had to start over with the installation. The second time, I just continued waiting and finally things got rolling. Then, on the final reboot after installation, Windows 8 now seems to think there are two different installations to run, so I have to pick one from a boot menu. I don't want this. I only want ONE installation of Windows.
After the installation was complete and I finally got into Windows 8, I noticed that the data partition (D also had a few directories:
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
Users
Windows
Those are all directories that also exist on drive C and the subfolders are the same. I'm wondering if it would be safe to delete the stuff on Drive D since I had expected it to be empty. Any ideas? Or is there some way to delete the second installation since I only want one installation?
During the setup, things seemed to be taking way too long as I sat looking at a spinner graphic for probably 8-9 minutes with almost no hard drive activity. So I restarted, thinking something had frozen. I got a message saying the computer restarted unexpectedly, so I had to start over with the installation. The second time, I just continued waiting and finally things got rolling. Then, on the final reboot after installation, Windows 8 now seems to think there are two different installations to run, so I have to pick one from a boot menu. I don't want this. I only want ONE installation of Windows.
After the installation was complete and I finally got into Windows 8, I noticed that the data partition (D also had a few directories:
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
Users
Windows
Those are all directories that also exist on drive C and the subfolders are the same. I'm wondering if it would be safe to delete the stuff on Drive D since I had expected it to be empty. Any ideas? Or is there some way to delete the second installation since I only want one installation?