<cozzmo1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> To make a very long story short, I have a defunct installation of
> Vista on one of my 2 hard-drives (the slave drive). I opted to
> install XP onto the other HD. Now there is the very large "documents
> and settings" folder on the drive that originally had Vista.
> This is protected by design in case I want to reinstall Vista, (Which
> I don't).
>
> My question here is, What is the easiest way to delete that "documents
> and settings" folder and reclaim the HD space?
There is no Documents and Settings folder in Vista. That must have come
from XP.
Once you take ownership of the folder, you should be able to delete it. And
if it is so large, you may find files that you want in the contained My
Documents folder in your user folder.
ss.