Windows 10: Removing old D:\Windows

Discus and support Removing old D:\Windows in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; It seems my old windows 7 directory (D:\Windows) is extremely difficult to remove. I already took ownership of all files (via Win10), but Microsoft, as... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by meimeiriver, Mar 17, 2016.

  1. MEIMEIRIVER
    meimeiriver Win User

    Removing old D:\Windows


    It seems my old windows 7 directory (D:\Windows) is extremely difficult to remove. I already took ownership of all files (via Win10), but Microsoft, as usual, very aggressively hinders you in doing what you want to do.

    How do I delete these files?! Even just opening an Administrative command prompt, using del *.* /s, doesn't work.

    Thanks

    :)
     
    meimeiriver, Mar 17, 2016
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  2. MEIMEIRIVER2
    meimeiriver2 Win User

    Removing bcdboot

    I recently added a boot menu in Windows 10, using "bcdboot d:\Windows" (where d: is my old Win 7 install). I'd like to remove the old Windows 7 directories (on dRemoving old D:\Windows :), though, and thus (obviously) just boot from c: (my current Win 10).

    Can I savely remove the old Windows 7 directories, though? (d:\Windows). I'd hate not being able to boot up any more as a result.

    Thanks.
     
    meimeiriver2, Mar 17, 2016
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  3. CHOOXINGYU
    chooxingyu Win User
    BSOD issues Windows 10 64bit

    Yes but it still comes up as a BSOD issue in verifier. D:

    What does this thing happen though? Even though the old one was removed and a windows 1064bit compatible version is installed.
     
    chooxingyu, Mar 17, 2016
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  4. MEIMEIRIVER
    meimeiriver Win User

    Removing old D:\Windows

    The Take Ownership tool apparently couldn't take all files from the Windows 'root' in one big chunk. Applying it to each subdir individually worked just fine. Except for 1 file (see below)
     
    meimeiriver, Mar 17, 2016
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  5. MEIMEIRIVER
    meimeiriver Win User
    Strange. Only file I can't remove is

    D:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash64_21_0_0_182.ocx
     
    meimeiriver, Mar 17, 2016
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  6. MEIMEIRIVER
    meimeiriver Win User
    Now it's really solved. *Smile Needed to go thru quite a few hoops; but I needed to remove inheritance from it. Now it's gone.
     
    meimeiriver, Apr 4, 2018
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