For the sake of convenience of working on a computer, many users keep not one, but two or more operating systems on the same hard drive. This can be useful when you work on one and play on the other, or when you need to experiment on the system. It is easy to create such a convenient position of the systems - it is enough to specify a different partition when installing the second system. Removing the redundant system will be a little more difficult.
Necessary
- - a computer with two installed systems;
- - administrator rights.
Instructions
Step 1
To remove the second system from the computer disk, you need to make a number of settings in the operating system. The main thing is to follow the sequence so that in the future there are no problems with the operation of the computer.
Step 2
You remove the second system programmatically. To do this, right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties". Go to the "Startup and Recovery" tab and click the "Options" button. To boot, select the operating system that you want to leave. Then press the "Edit" button and remove the line related to the extra operating system.
Step 3
Clean up system files. Find all the folders where the second operating system is installed and delete them. You can also remove system files such as pagefile.sys from the root partition of the disk. You no longer need them. Don't worry about the files of the underlying operating system. Only partitions of the OS that you no longer use will be deleted.
Step 4
Check the links in the registry. Press the "Start" button, select the "Run" item. In the dialog box write "msconfig" and press "Enter" on the keyboard. Go to the "Boot" tab and click the "Check boot paths" button. If the utility finds a broken path, delete it. If all paths work, see if there is a link to the second system. If so, delete it as well.
Step 5
Overload your computer. Check if there is a familiar list for selecting operating systems at boot time. If the operating system boots without delays or errors, then everything worked out. Of course, the easiest thing to do when removing an unnecessary system is to format the partition on which it was installed. However, it is not always possible to transfer the necessary files for saving, and you still need to fix the system paths.
