On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Saucy" <saucy538347334873772.sj...@xxxxxx>
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> "Synapse Syndrome" <syna...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > <cozz...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> 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).
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> >> My question here is, What is the easiest way to delete that "documents>> and settings" folder and reclaim the HD space?
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> > There is noDocuments and Settingsfolder in Vista. That must have come
> > from XP.
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> > 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.
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> Is this referring to the hidden "Documents and Settings" junction point
> which appears in Vista's Windows Explorer as a shortcut under C:\ ??
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> Since it is simply a junction point, it's not itself taking up space beyond,
> say, 1 cluster of 4KB?
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> Saucy Saucy,
This PC has 2 hard drives. (C and D).
Vista crashed royally on my PC in a way that would require a format.
I didn't have a good Vista experience, so rather than put Vista back
on
I installed XP on what was my Vista "D" drive, (Now my old Vista D
drive is my current XP "C" drive, and vice versa)
I now have the now defunct Vista install still visible on my present D
drive and taking up a lot of space.
Thanks
Crzzy1