Cleaning a HD

[Harold]

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Hi,
I moved a hd (with xp, programs, settings, etc) from my old pc to a new one
that already has xp pro. This old hd is going to be used for archiving only,
but it has a lot of files, xp os and settings that I want to get rid of .
How to accomplish it? Cleaning the whole stuff isn't the case as some
files/programs will be kept as is.
Harold.

 

[Guest]

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"Harold" <klj2612(remove_this)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I moved a hd (with xp, programs, settings, etc) from my old pc to a new
> one that already has xp pro. This old hd is going to be used for archiving
> only, but it has a lot of files, xp os and settings that I want to get
> rid of . How to accomplish it? Cleaning the whole stuff isn't the case as
> some files/programs will be kept as is.
> Harold.
>

You cannot run programs installed on the old disk as their corresponding
entries into the Windows registry and Windows system files will not exist.

I would start by deleting folders that you no longer want (if this is not
the system drive, delete the Windows folder and all of it's sub-folders.

Once unwanted folders are gone, then you can search the remaining folders
for files you no longer want or need.

Bobby