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Hey guys, I need some more room on my pc and i am wondering whats the best way to free up some room? I have like another windows xp on my pc because when my pc was acting up i installd a new windows and didn't erase the old one. I am wondering how do i remove the extra windows i have on my pc because i know thats taken up room right there.

Like when i boot up it like Choose from

Windows Profesional
Windows Home

You got blah seconds..
How do i delete on of those? And delete the stuff that was on it?

Which do you wish to delete?

I have windows Home
Windows Professional i wish to detele the profressional. Will this give me more room on my pc?

Your XP Basic is on one partition and your XP Pro is on another partition, yes? Removing one will open up that partition for other uses. Having said that, considering how inexpensive hard drives are now, you might want to consider buying an external hard drive.

I have a procedure, but I have NEVER tried it myself. So, I can not be sure that it works. You might want a second opinion before using it. Backup any personal data you want to keep on to a CD.

1. Boot your computer in to Windows XP Basic.
2. Place your XP Pro in the CD drive.
3. Go to “Start” and “Run”. Type in “e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force” (without quotes, and replacing e: with the drive letter of your XP Pro CD).
4. Restart the computer, and you will notice the boot selection menu is gone.
5. Format the partition/drive where you had XP Pro installed.
6. Remove two files (Boot.BAK & Bootsect.BAK) on your XP Basic drive’s root folder ( C:\ ), these were backup files of your previous bootloader, now no longer useful.
7. Remove the CD from the CD drive.
8. Optional: Restart to ensure it still works.
9. Use your partition software to merge your partitions together or create an additional empty drive.

Good Luck

So u never try this? And on step 5 were do i go to format it if its gone? And on step 6 were do i go to remove those files? And will this mess up my windows i have know? And will this free alot of room?

Also is there an easier way to do this?

I still need help. Like how do i remove the stuff off my HDD From it?

Well, do you have your files you need from the XP Pro? I have never seen this situation before but I hope this works. Boot up in XP Home, go to start click run and type in compmgmt.msc and click ok. When Computer Management opens click on Disk Management on the left side. Find your XP Pro partition and right click it and click delete partition. Then your XP Pro will be deleted. Hope this works.

Good luck,
Adam