Windows 10: 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

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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 d, 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.

 

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.

 

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)

 

Strange. Only file I can't remove is

D:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash64_21_0_0_182.ocx

 

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.